Re: timeout

["Karsten M. Self" <kmself@ix.netcom.com>]

on Sun, Mar 23, 2003 at 06:06:56PM +0100, Christof Hurschler (hurschler@gmx.de) wrote:
> is there a way to set the default timeout for connecting to a host?
> 
> when my modem connects, it takes too long and I always get a "host not found" 
> message and have to try again, by which time the modem has usualy connected.
> 
> This happens with every program that trys to access the internet.

You're using diald?  Sounds like.

Might switch to something other -- either a persistent connection, or a
manually activated one (possibly with an idle timeout specified).
Application timeouts are generally application specific, and can't be
(readily) modified.

Peace.

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