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[log in to unmask] (Randy Kaelber) wrote:
 
>Clayton L. Hines ([log in to unmask]) wrote:
>> 30 seconds, but I'm not sure if other folks can configure their Windows
>> and Mac clients to wait around so long.
>
>For what it's worth: My Mac (Powermac 6100/66, Running MacOS 7.5 and Open
>Transport 1.1) will wait ad infinitum for authentication. When we were
>having the nasty problems a few weeks ago, I would just leave it parked,
>and I would eventually get logged in, though it sometimes took well over
>an hour.
 
What PPP implementation are you using?  FreePPP?  OT/PPP?  MacPPP?
 
That sounds just like a Mac -- "Time out?  Why *should* I time out?  I'm
perfectly happy, sitting here, not letting go of the system, waiting for
something to happen.  Once I get some kind of response, I'll let the clock
update.  But not until."
 
Clayton