To select a connection type, Idle timeout, To set the idle timeout – Over And Back 180 User Manual

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Setting Preferences for Your Communicator

To select a connection type:

1. Tap the service field.

2. Tap Details.

3. Tap the Connection type pick list and select one of the following connection types:

Note:

If you are not sure, try PPP; if that doesn’t work, ask your Internet Service Provider or your
System Administrator for the correct connection type.

Idle timeout

The Idle timeout setting defines how long your communicator waits before dropping the
connection with your ISP or dial-in server when you switch out of a TCP/IP application.

To set the Idle timeout:

1. Tap the Idle timeout pick list and select one of the following options:

2. Hold Option

and press Return

to finish.

PPP

Point-to-Point protocol

SLIP

Serial Line Internet Protocol

CSLIP

Compressed Serial Line Internet Protocol

Immediate

Drops the connection to your ISP immediately when you switch to another
application.

1 minute

Waits one minute for you to open another application before it drops the
connection.

2 minutes

Waits two minutes.

3 minutes

Waits three minutes.

Power Off

Keeps your PPP or SLIP connection until you turn off your communicator (or
until it times out). See page 177 for information on the Auto-off delay setting.

Select connection type

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