I have a problem, every time I'am playing internet spades the internet disconnects 15 minutes into the game. I tried turning off the idle time but it will not let me. Please help.
Most dialup ISP's require users to have some data transmission either in or out every 15 minutes or they'll end the connection. You can either have a second browser window open in which you refresh the content or change web pages or, if your mail client allows it, have it set to check e-mail for you every so often, then minimize it to the taskbar. Either of these methods gets around the limitation legally. Most ISP's indicate that pinging them is not acceptable, and since they have your IP number, if this is true, then that wouldn't be a good solution.
If you have an always-on connection, then the problem is more likely in your modem settings or other connection settings.
KayH
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Posted June 19th, 2001 18:00
Hi,
Most dialup ISP's require users to have some data transmission either in or out every 15 minutes or they'll end the connection. You can either have a second browser window open in which you refresh the content or change web pages or, if your mail client allows it, have it set to check e-mail for you every so often, then minimize it to the taskbar. Either of these methods gets around the limitation legally. Most ISP's indicate that pinging them is not acceptable, and since they have your IP number, if this is true, then that wouldn't be a good solution.
If you have an always-on connection, then the problem is more likely in your modem settings or other connection settings.
Kay