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From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
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To: Infotronics System Administrator <root@infotron.samara.co.zw>
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On Wed, 11 Sep 1996, Infotronics System Administrator wrote:

> i am havind problems specifying the number of times the modem dials out per 
> hour, which parameter do i change???

Huh?  If you want to reduce the number of dials (for instance, if you are
on on-demand-dial and want to stay online longer per dialout), try
increasing the idle timeout.

set timeout xxx

xxx = # of secs of idle time before disconnect.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major