[ale] modem inactivity timeout

[esoteric at atlnet.com (Linux Idiot)]

I posted a question earlier as to whether anyone knew why the
idle-disconnect option disappeared in pppd version found on RedHat 5.0. 
I didn't get any response, but started searching for a possible modem
option that performs this function.  On my 56K V.90 USR Sportster, the
docs say that register s19 can be set to a modem idle time out value.  I
tried testing this option by setting it to 2 minutes (ats19=2).  Well,
no timeout.  Anyone know why this did not work?  I'm not a tcp protocol
guru, so I was wondering if there is some info being passed that would
keep the timeout from becoming activated.

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