Yes - you need to close wvdial and then open it up again; it will then re-read the configuration file and you'll get your extended timeout. Cheers Matthew Smith

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Hi Colin

I used to use Demon when I lived in the UK, so I can tell you that it's not them timing you out! Are you just using pppd on its own, or are you calling it through something like wvdial?

I use wvdial and used to have the same problems; changing /etc/ppp/options had no effect. I then found that there is a file, /etc/wvdial.conf, in which there was set a very short timeout. I bumped that up to a sensible figure, and now all is fine.

180 seconds to be precise, just changed it to an hour. Will I need to log out now for this to take effect?

-- Colin Murphy - QL.4.Ever@bigfoot.com - ICQ# 13630409 A GLLUG Greater London Linux User Group organiser, for the 'mo. http://gllug.linux.co.uk