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Automatic disconnection of modem

Author:

Ed Brown

Date:

Friday, 26th Apr 2002 13:30

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Computers and Software

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At home I use a modem to connect to the Internet. When I was using Windows 95, I could set the dial-up connection to disconnect if it had been inactive for a certain time. Now with Windows 98 I find the connection remains open even if I exit IE5 or Outlook Express. On several occasions I have returned to my PC to find I have inadvertently been on-line for several hours! Is there any way I can set an automatic disconnection in Windows 98?

Ed Brown

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•	Automatic disconnection of modem
	At home I use a modem to connect to the Internet. When I was using Windows 95, I could set ...

Ed Brown

26/04/02 13:30

17346

•	Re: Automatic disconnection of modem
	There is no way to set a disconnect-if-idle option that you can absolutely rely on - as a backup however ...

Stuart Cliffe

26/04/02 14:00

17347

•	Re: Automatic disconnection of modem
	Like the author above - there really is no guranteed way to disconnect. I used to have a small ...

Andy Goodwin

01/05/02 09:35

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