From: "fayda" <iii AT io DOT com>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: OpenDOS
Date: 2 Feb 1997 23:38:31 GMT
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mharris AT blackwidow DOT saultc DOT on DOT ca wrote in article
<Pine DOT LNX DOT 3 DOT 95 DOT 970202100434 DOT 5878a-100000 AT capslock DOT com>...
> On Sun, 2 Feb 1997, Benjamin D Chambers wrote:
> > Why in the world would the modem do that?  Do they actually make modems
> > that do???  That's like the TV or Radio turning off because you didn't
> > switch stations recently!
> 
> Yah!  I never even realized that.  My modem will stay hooked up with
> another indefinately.  I've never heard of a modem hanging up because
> of inactivity.  That would be like my computer turning itself off due
> to inactivity!  Funny enough though, my TV does have a feature which
> turns it off after you haven't switched stations for a settable amount
> of time.  The feature can be disabled though.

A modem will be hung up due to in activity not by a setting on your side,
but your ISP giving you the boot. They do not want someone taking up one of
their phone lines if they are not using it, so usually they will have some
sort of idle timeout limit. When a packet is not generated for this time
limit, your connection is severed. :)