Ashley wrote... > > By the way, the same thing happens with my SMTP connection. If > Thunderbird happens to be set to check e-mail every 15 minutes, after 10 > minutes the connection gets closed and Thunderbird has to reconnect again. > > Thanks. > Ashley, The router has a setting on it to keep the connection live or use the connection on a connect on demand connection it should be set as keep the connection live. If its set to connect on demand the line will terminate after a period of 10 minutes of idleness. Generally its on the main setup screen right under the bit where you input the username and password on a Linksys Routers configuration page. Hope this helps. regards, Darren Foster www.darrenfoster.co.uk