In article <[log in to unmask]>,
Paolo Tealdi wrote:  (edited)
 
>when i try to connect to MPE through the telnet card (from an Uinx-based host)
>it connects very well but there is a timeout of 5 minutes if there isn't work
>on the connection.After this timeout the connection is broken.
>
>The annoying fact is that this happens only for certain Unix servers ... (i.e.
>Freebsd  2.1.0 unix based ) and not for all systems that we have (Digital Unix
>HPUX etc ) ....
>
>P.S. The same hangup happens when i do a login to Freebsd unix based
>system from a serial port connected to the serial card of DTC.
 
You may wish to refer this question to the comp.sys.bsd.freebsd.misc
newsgroup.  My gut feeling is that this is a FreeBSD configuration
setting.  I'm just now learning my way around FreeBSD, and can't give
you a definite answer.
 
However, you might try this:
Check the setting for the FreeBSD shell idle timeout.  5 minutes sounds
suspiciously like a common shell timeout setting.
 
--Jim