Ewan and Andre - Thanks for your suggestions on the adsl timeout. I've actually got "idle 1800" in my /etc/ppp/options (I must have put it there in another lifetime) but it is definitely not honoured by the adsl connection. I think the "idle" that counts is in the IDLETIME in the /etc/sysconfig/network/providers/dsl-provider file. Yast2 obviously writes the value here. I could changeit to zero, but that might blow yast's mind when it next runs and tries to set its drop-down combo to the current value. I've only had my broadband connection up and running for two days and I'm not in the mood to experiment. I think "If it aint broken, don't fix it" Best wishes - Ken On Sunday 16 June 2002 11:05 am, you wrote:

look in /etc/ppp/options for a line saying "idle 600" and comment it out or set it to 0.

Ewan

On Sun, 2002-06-16 at 10:36, Kenneth Payne wrote:

...

I've just got broadband working on SuSE 8.0 with an Alcatel Speedtouch USB modem. However, kinternet keeps logging me out after 5 minutes of inactivity. I suppose this is because of the Yast2 setting for "idle time" for DSL.

I know it only takes a second to re-connect with ADSL, but I'm hoping to set up a home network and allow another machine to use the connection. Ideally, I'd like a permanent login. But the Yast2 dialogs only allow an idle time of up to 600 seconds. There's no option for "infinite".

I suppose I could try "dial on demand" or perhaps set up a program that keeps the link alive, but I would have thought it was possible to set up a permanent connection.

Anyone know how to do this?

- Ken

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