Lusercop wrote: > If the timeout is as low as 5 mins, it may be that you want to > spin it faster than one tick every 60s.
I wrote: > let's see whether the "null packet keep-alive" think also works. It does seem to -- kept the window open for quite a while (I tried one null packet every 60 seconds). When I disabled the option to test it, it disappeared after not very long. So I think I can do without the spinner, or if I used it, 60 s should be enough (though shorter intervals are safer, I think). Thank you all very much for the help so far in getting this off the ground! (And it pleases me particularly that I can do this with only PuTTY, since both the proxy support and the keep-alive bits are supported "natively".) Cheers, Philip [email copies appreciated, since I read the digest] -- Philip Newton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> All opinions are my own, not my employer's. If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate.
