From: po.huang@sympatico.ca   
      
   Hi Bill,   
   You know what? I just figured it out! I am using a free domain service to   
   translate my dynamic IP address gained from ADSL. When I imput the actual IP   
   address(70.XX.XX.XXX) of my VPN server into VPN client, the VPN connection   
   remains alive till now since last night.   
      
   Thank you very much   
      
   P.   
      
   "Bill Lobb"  wrote in message   
   news:5Z58e.7122$n93.985@twister.nyc.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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