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sawney beane - 30 Jun 2006 03:16 GMT

I have Tiger and dialup. In Network Preferences > Configure > PPP I
have the box checked to disconnect after 10 minutes with no activity.
This way I can walk away during a download and let the computer hang up
when it's through.

Lately it hasn't been hanging up when finished. What could be wrong?

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Alice Faber - 30 Jun 2006 04:01 GMT

> I have Tiger and dialup. In Network Preferences > Configure > PPP I
> have the box checked to disconnect after 10 minutes with no activity.
> This way I can walk away during a download and let the computer hang up
> when it's through.
>
> Lately it hasn't been hanging up when finished. What could be wrong?

When I had that problem, it was bad guys probing my Mac for Windows-ish
vulnerabilities. I don't recall offhand what program I installed to
check for that kind of activity (this was a few years ago, perhaps even
when I was still running OS9).

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sawney beane - 30 Jun 2006 16:43 GMT

>> I have Tiger and dialup. In Network Preferences > Configure > PPP I
>> have the box checked to disconnect after 10 minutes with no activity.
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> check for that kind of activity (this was a few years ago, perhaps even
> when I was still running OS9).

I've found the problem in my case. I just have to close the web page
from which I choose downloads.

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Eric P. - 30 Jun 2006 18:31 GMT

> >> I have Tiger and dialup. In Network Preferences > Configure > PPP I
> >> have the box checked to disconnect after 10 minutes with no activity.
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> I've found the problem in my case. I just have to close the web page
> from which I choose downloads.

There's sw for OS 9.x called IPNetSentry that detects, blocks, and
filters out many attacks against one's computer while on-line. The
maker is Sustainable Softworks. There might be an OS X version,
but I'm not sure, as I don't do X.

Happy computing,
Eric

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