Cisco VPM timeout

[Richard Kreiss]

Walter,

Had not considered the work time issue. 

Richard
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On Feb 9, 2013, at 12:14 PM, "Walter D Vaughan Jr" <wvaughan at steelerubber.com> wrote:

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>> Richard Kreiss
>> Sent: Saturday, February 09, 2013 11:29 AM
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>> Subject: OT: Cisco VPM timeout
>> 
>> I realize this is not the forum for this question, but one of you might
> have the
>> answer.
> [Walter D Vaughan Jr] 
> Over a vpn is the only way I can connect to my copy of fpODBC :)
>> 
>> My wife's company uses Cisco routers and their VPM client.  The problem
>> she and other face is that it times out after 8 hours even if they are
> working.
>> The company's IT department advises that they cannot change this as it is
>> hard wired into the Cisco VPN.
> 
> [Walter D Vaughan Jr] 
> http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/sw/secursw/ps2308/products_qanda_item091
> 86a00801c2dbe.shtml
> 
>> Since I am not familiar with the Cisco equipment or programming language,
> I
>> was wondering if that statement is correct or they just don't really know
> how
>> to make this change.
> 
> [Walter D Vaughan Jr] 
> On the other hand I've been guilty of leaving VPN connection running for
> days on a home computer, which is an evil bad thing to do.
> 
> I'm not familiar with Cisco's client access cost, but Sonicwall only allows
> just a handful of connections, and charge $$$.$$ per user.
> 8 hours might be the only way to make sure they have enough licenses to go
> around. 
> 
> Also, it may be something to do with overtime, meal and rest period
> compensation. If they cut you off, you can't complain that you are "on the
> clock" more than 40 hours a week and demand overtime.
> 
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