Hey Don, That sounds promising. Thanks!
The school in which this is an issue might actually resolve the problem by buying a new Sonicwall :-) but if they don't, we'll give this a try. > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:sonicwall-owner@;peake.com] On > Behalf Of Don Nims > Sent: Sunday, October 27, 2002 8:41 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: techs > Subject: RE: [SonicWALL]- VPN Client Question > > Paul -- While not a fix, a workaround might be to set up a little .pif > file that pings a host on the other end of the tunnel and then run it > every 15 minutes (or whatever it takes) using Task Scheduler or some other > such mechanism. I set up a batch file here with the statement: > > c:\windows\ping -n 1 destinationaddress > > Then I modified the batch file's properties to run minimized and close on > exit. I put the resulting .pif file into the Windows 98 Task Scheduler and > set it up to run every 15 minutes for 9999 hours (the maximum, about a > year and two months). > > It's minimally disruptive having it pop up in the taskbar, but a) it's > better than having to shut down the tunnel and bring it back up and b) you > probably won't have to have it run every 15 minutes. > > Good luck! > > Don Nims > Network & Security Engineer > Lighthouse Technologies & Management Solutions > Naperville, Illinois & Rhinelander, Wisconsin > www.ltmsi.com > > > > > From: "Paul Mills" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [SonicWALL]- VPN Client Question > Date: Fri, 25 Oct 2002 10:39:00 -0500 > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Hey all, > > I was wondering if anyone has experienced an issue with the vpn client > in which it appears to timeout if no activity occurs over the tunnel > that the client has established. The main activity that occurs over > this tunnel is a telnet session, and if no activity occurs for a while > the telnet session appears to freeze. The fix thus far is to shut down > the session, shut down the vpn client, restart the client, and then the > telnet session. > > Suggestions would be appreciated. > > Thanks! > --- > [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude/F-Prot AV] > > ================================= > To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the body of the email > put the following: unsubscribe sonicwall your_name > The archive of this list is at http://www.mail- > archive.com/sonicwall%40peake.com/ > --- [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude/F-Prot AV] =================================================================================================== To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the body of the email put the following: unsubscribe sonicwall your_name The archive of this list is at http://www.mail-archive.com/sonicwall%40peake.com/
