>>writes
>>>OK, so when I race on VROC, I often get disconnected near the end of the
>>>race. First I'll hear what sounds like a Windows system sound, and this
>>>takes out the sound normally. Then I get disconnected about half a minute
>>>later. I'm pretty sure the connection is disconnecting itself after 30
>>>minutes of not bringing up a new web page (the "connection will close
>after
>>>30 seconds" box has come up while in the VROC room"). How do I get it to,
>>>like, remain connected now matter how long the freakin' browser sits
>>>there?!? I type this out in a fury after being disconnected near the end
>of
>>>another race!!! uuuuuuggggghhhh...
>>Surely that can't be it. The idea of disconnecting is if the line has
>>been idle for xx minutes. However, if you are in a race on Vroc, then I
>>guarantee that your line isn't idle at all. You're receiving loads of
>>packets of info from the server that you are racing on.
>It's not the line that dictates whether a system is idle, it's the input
>devices, ie. mouse and keyboard. Joystick doesn't constitute as an input
>device in Windoze.
>The problem is cured by disabling the "disconnect if idle ..." option.
Well you learn something new every day. Cheers guys! Must admit, I've
never had this problem occur with any of my own connections - about half
dozen different ones - and they are all set to 'disconnect if idle for
more than 20 minutes' in IE. However in the connectoid settings
themselves the 'disconnect if idle' option is not ticked.
I've never had problems when downloading and generally leave the
computer to get on with it when doing long downloads, actually leaving
the room and coming back from time to time just to see how it's getting
on. I suspect there's more to this than meets the eye, ie how you
connect - whether through IE itself, a specific piece of software - I
sometimes use Turnpike - or a connection.exe launcher etc. Gotta test
this one out for myself. ;-)
--
Peter Ives
(AKA Ivington)
