Configuring TCP stack to go online only when needed...

[Jose]

Hi. There's a tutorial on how to do this in MiamiDx but I'd like to use my W2k machine as the main machine. Is there a tutorial on how to do it in W2k?  :oops:
BTW, this is to avoid using time in an ADSL package that's time limited rather than transfer limited...

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[Jose]

Hi. Well, I'm not into newtworking at all, so give me a discount here. In this case it's a direct connection to the DSL modem. What I want is the connection to be shutdown when not needed, even if just 5 seconds idle. This would allow me to cut down costs. For example I might start FireFox, open 2 or 3 webpages and read them for a minute, then go on opening a few more links after that, and so on. During the time I'm reading them I'm not downloading anything and time is counting.

[Jose]

Arrgg, only 1 minute minimum!! Thanks Thomas, it's the same in W2K.

"I'd rather suggest to look for another provider with a volume rate. Your current one sounds quite expensive if every second offline time counts."

The trick is that with DSL it doesn't have any activation rate, so if I don't need to use programs that need a permanent connection it won't spend more if the connetion is shut down.

[Jose]

MiamiDx on the other hand allows that setting in seconds :-)
Maybe there's a way around this in Windows though I couldn't find any program/patch that does it.