From: wlobb@hvc.rr.com   
      
   Hi,   
      
   Your NIC isn't going to sleep is it? Power settings on your PC?   
      
   Bill   
      
   "popo"  wrote in message   
   news:4eZ7e.26507$8i6.916748@news20.bellglobal.com...   
   > Hi Bill,   
   > Thanks for your input, but I did not install any commerical VPN software,   
   > I just simply setup Win2003 Routing and Remote Access for VPN and no   
   > matter the VPN connection is active or idle, it always disconnets after   
   > approx. 30 minutes. Thanks.   
   >   
   >   
   > "Bill Lobb"  wrote in message   
   > news:RMX7e.1850$yl6.747283@twister.nyc.rr.com...   
   >>I got tired of playing with IKE life settings. I set up a batch file- or a   
   >>script -  to ping a host on the remote network  and scheduled it to run   
   >>every 30 minutes. Been working great for a week. My batch file is just   
   >>   
   >> ping 192.168.1.10   
   >> ping 192.168.1.10   
   >> ping 192.168.1.10   
   >>   
   >> Simple, but it works.   
   >>   
   >>   
   >> "popo"  wrote in message   
   >> news:cZV7e.26424$8i6.878887@news20.bellglobal.com...   
   >>> Hi all,   
   >>> I feel extremely frustrated about this issue, the scenario is:   
   >>>   
   >>> I have Solaris 9 X86 box, on which installed ipfilter as my home   
   >>> firewall (2 NICs, one connects to DSL modem, another one to local   
   >>> network). I setup VPN on Windows 2003 server (running behind Soalris, 1   
   >>> NIC, Domain Controller), forward port 1723 to 2003 server and enable   
   >>> protocol GRE on solaris. Using XP as VPN client out of home (DSL/Dial-up   
   >>> internet connection), everything seems working ok so far, I can browse   
   >>> home netwrok resource via VPN, using home printer, etc.,  But after   
   >>> about 30 miuntes the VPN connection drops automatically and even   
   >>> internet connection on XP becomes dead too. I can still see these two   
   >>> connections icons on system task bar, but can not browse VPN resource   
   >>> any more, and can not surf internet either with VPN XP client, looks   
   >>> like call connections disconnected. IPconfig indicates internet   
   >>> connection and ppp is still alive though, but ping is always time out. I   
   >>> check the event log file on 2003 server, nothing  out there related to   
   >>> VPN drop line. After manually disconnecting the VPN connection, the   
   >>> internet connection comes back to life. And I have to wait for a period   
   >>> of time so that I can reconnect VPN again. The dropped line problem   
   >>> occures roughly every 30 minutes consistently, which really drives me   
   >>> mad. Any one has any clue on this issue? Many thanks.   
   >>>   
   >>> popo   
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