On 8/30/05, Chris Stephens <cstephens16@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > I recently installed 10gR2 on red hat 3. i am getting disconnected through > toad and isqlpus. i haven't determined the exact lenght of time this takes > to occur yet. > > i looked in sqlnet.ora for a timeout setting but there is nothing there. > is this default behavior? if so how do i change it? > > thanks, > chris > Chris, Unless your DBA has set profiles that limit connect time, this is most likely a networking issue. Even with a resource limit of connect_time, it would still just "snipe" the session, not kill it itself until another call is made. Is the oracle client on the same LAN as the oracle server - meaning, do you traverse a router or firewall where NAT/IP masquerading is involved? An easy way to tell is if a netstat (from the client desktop) returns a high port and an IP address different than that of the oracle server. You might consider enabling keep_alive settings in the oracle network configuration files. Metalink has various notes covering this, as well as the Networking guide available via OTN. As far as iSqlplus, I haven't a clue. Never used it. Knew that there was an exploit for itearly on, so I never installed it. hth. Paul -- #/etc/init.d/init.cssd stop # f=ma, divide by 1, convert to moles.