In article <[log in to unmask]>, [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