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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>I am having a devil of a time getting my ShrewSoft (Standard Edition Version 2.2.2) to stay connected to my Cisco SA540 router.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>I have no problem getting a connection and while it is connected everything works great.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>Sometime I can keep the connection going for hours without any problems <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>But there are frequent times when it stays connected for a variable amount of time (1-10 minutes) and then lose contact with the server (Shrewsoft says we are still connected but I lose my mapped drives and connection my SQL Server). If I cancel the Shresoft connection and re-connect all is good for another 1-10 minutes.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>Please help.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>Thanks<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>Corey Ziff<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>VPN file<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>n:version:4<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>n:network-ike-port:500<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span 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