Dialup re dials after inactivity

[Kold]

I have computers sharing ICS, it is set to drop the connection after 5
minutes of inactivity, which it does. But it dials back a few seconds
later. I deselected redial if line dropped and lowered the redial
attempts, but it still does it. What do I do?

I’d like the computers to have dial on demand, but I would like the
connection to be free when not needed. These computers don’t have
permission to access Windows updates and I keep them spyware and virus
free as best I can. Thanks.

 

[Richard Urban]

If you installed a competent firewall program similar to ZoneAlarm, you
would get a warning as to what is trying to dial out. It is likely that you
have an unwanted visitor on your computer - called a rouge dialer.

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Regards,

Richard Urban

If you knew as much as you think you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!

 

[Ken Blake]

In

If you installed a competent firewall program similar to
ZoneAlarm,
you would get a warning as to what is trying to dial out. It is
likely that you have an unwanted visitor on your computer -
called a
rouge dialer.

Isn't that the kind of dialer some women use to make them look
rosy-cheeked? ;-)

 

[Rock]

In



Isn't that the kind of dialer some women use to make them look
rosy-cheeked? ;-)

lol...

 

[Rock]

In



Isn't that the kind of dialer some women use to make them look
rosy-cheeked? ;-)

Only if they live in Baton Rogue, Louisiana

 

[Richard Urban]

Oh crap! You got me Ken. (-:

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Regards,

Richard Urban

If you knew as much as you think you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!

 

[Richard Urban]

Kelly is going to bite you for this one! (-:

--
Regards,

Richard Urban

If you knew as much as you think you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!

 

[Rock]

Kelly is going to bite you for this one! (-:

haha..yeah..I was thinking of making a comment in that direction but
decided against it

 

[Ken Blake]

In

Only if they live in Baton Rogue, Louisiana

LOL! I had to read that twice--missed it the first time.

 

[Ken Blake]

In

Oh crap! You got me Ken. (-:

It's OK. I'm the king of typo-makers, and you'll likely soon have
the opportunity to get me back. ;-)

 

[cquirke (MVP Windows shell/user)]

On Fri, 17 Jun 2005 19:07:35 -0400, "Richard Urban"

If you installed a competent firewall program similar to ZoneAlarm, you
would get a warning as to what is trying to dial out. It is likely that you
have an unwanted visitor on your computer - called a rouge dialer.

Hmm... wouldn't have to be a dialer, if he's set an ICS host to allow
software to initiate a connection. Anything that nudges TCP/IP
outside the subnet mask will likely trigger a dial-up attempt, whereas
without these settings, it would either quietly give up, or pop up
some sort of error, without being allowed to try.

Over here, we get charged per second for calls to local phone numbers,
including ISPs. So we detest trash that initiates a DUN session.

You must remember that Internet software assumes networking is always
present. It says "get me so-and-so", and the OS will then try to find
that on the network. When that network's TCP/IP, and it can't find
anything on the LAN, it will try through the gateway, and that is what
is initiating dial-up in this situation.

These days, so much stuff ASSumes Internet access is always available,
and will try its luck calling home - typically to "check for updates".
Even a rubbishy little mouse drivers and screen savers may call home
for "updates", as if it's impossible to write 1M of code without
screwing up. Then, once you're online, chances are something will
call out every x minutes, where x < z, and z is the time the OS waits
before considering the connection "idle" and disconnecting it.

Result: PC dials out, racks up phone charges, never hangs up.

As you can imagine, where phone calls cost money, we never allow
software to initiate a dial-up connection

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