Hi Peter,

> -----Original Message-----
> I have a customers who I connect with over a VPN link (they
> are in a far away land).

The best sort, well out of from underfoot :-)

> The problem then is that if I try to change the entry in some
> fields it goes through ok, but another field may cause the
> connection to hang then the remote host to forcibly terminate
> the connection.

If they are using a firewall are there any settings on the firewall that
will terminate the link after n seconds/mins?

Rgds

Si Carter
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