It's a tradeoff. What you are experiencing is the PPP delay - the amount of time the terminal server will wait for the remote end to start a PPP connection before it will give up and go text based. If you set it to zero, all logins will be terminal logins - there will be no direct PPP logins. If you set it very low (<5 or <10), your users have a chance of missing the window of opportunity to start a PPP connection. Keep in mind that the typical PPP implementation will wait 3 seconds between each attempt to open the connection (LCP Configure-Request), but your terminal login users will not have to wait very long for the prompt. If you set it very high, it is almost guaranteed that your PPP users will connect, but the terminal users will have to wait a very long time before getting the prompt (or they can hit a key to cancel the PPP mode). Anyway, it's PPP delay in The Termserv options. By the way, you mention that your terminal adapter users use terminal logins. I assume yo mean ISDN terminal adapters, in which case this is a Bad Thing. That means they probably use V.120 (the only way to do anything terminal-like over ISDN) instead of PPP and it costs performance. -Phil ++ Ascend Users Mailing List ++ To unsubscribe: send unsubscribe to ascend-users-request@bungi.com To get FAQ'd: <<A HREF="http://www.nealis.net/ascend/faq">http://www.nealis.net/ascend/faq</A>> </PRE> <!--X-MsgBody-End--> <!--X-Follow-Ups--> <!--X-Follow-Ups-End--> <!--X-References--> <HR> <STRONG>References</STRONG>: <UL> <LI><STRONG><A HREF="msg10055.html">(ASCEND) Have to hit a key for prompt in terminal window?</A></STRONG></LI> <UL> <LI><EM>From</EM>: Dean_Heltemes@cargill.com</LI> </UL> </UL> <!--X-References-End--> <!--X-BotPNI--> <HR> <UL> <LI>Prev by Date: <STRONG><A HREF="msg10070.html">Re: (ASCEND) 1.3ap13 gone...</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Next by Date: <STRONG><A HREF="msg10068.html">modems (WAS Re: (ASCEND) TNT 1.3Ap13 )</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Prev by thread: <STRONG><A HREF="msg10055.html">(ASCEND) Have to hit a key for prompt in terminal window?</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Next by thread: <STRONG><A HREF="msg10120.html">Re: (ASCEND) Have to hit a key for prompt in terminal window?</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Index(es): <UL> <LI><A HREF="mail3.html#10069"><STRONG>Main</STRONG></A></LI> <LI><A HREF="thrd216.html#10069"><STRONG>Thread</STRONG></A></LI> </UL> </LI> </UL> <!--X-BotPNI-End--> <!--X-User-Footer--> <!--X-User-Footer-End--> </BODY> </HTML>