Microsoft KB Archive/279698

= Your Modem Does Not Automatically Disconnect on an Internet Connetion Client =

PSS ID Number: 279698

Article Last Modified on 6/6/2003

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The information in this article applies to:


 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional

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This article was previously published under Q279698



SYMPTOMS
If your computer is configured as an Internet Connection Sharing client, your modem may not automatically disconnect when you quit Microsoft Internet Explorer or any other Internet program. This symptom occurs if you use a modem that is shared remotely on a Windows 2000-based computer that is configured as an Internet Connection Sharing host.



This behavior occurs because with Internet Connection Sharing, you cannot configure a modem to automatically disconnect when you quit a program on the client computer that uses the connection.



WORKAROUND
To work around this behavior, make sure that the modem does not remain connected indefinitely:
 * 1) Click Start, point to Settings, and then click Network and Dial-Up Connections.
 * 2) Right-click the connection, and then click Properties.
 * 3) Click the Options tab.
 * 4) Under Redialing options, in the Idle time before hanging up box, click a value other than the default Never value to configure a time to wait before the connection disconnects.

If no activity is detected, the modem disconnects after the period of time that you specify. After the modem disconnects, you can establish a new connection.



STATUS
This behavior is by design.



MORE INFORMATION
The Internet Connection Sharing client/host connection is a peer-to-peer network connection and does not use Dial-Up Networking. The client computer only forwards requests. It is not aware that it is not directly communicating to the Internet, nor it is aware that the host forwards the request by using a Dial-Up Networking connection to the Internet service provider. The client computer cannot disconnect a Dial-Up Networking connection when the connection is no longer necessary. For additional information about Internet Connection Sharing, click the following article numbers to view the articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

234815 Description of Internet Connection Sharing

307311 HOW TO: Set Up Internet Connection Sharing in Windows 2000

237254 How to Enable Internet Connection Sharing on a Network Connection in Windows 2000

Keywords: kbprb KB279698

Technology: kbwin2000Pro kbwin2000ProSearch kbwin2000Search kbwin2000Serv kbwin2000ServSearch

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