Hi all -

I've done a search for my topic - but I haven't found exactly what I am looking for. My question is can you disconnect a modem programmatically?

What I have is an application that has a web browser front end for a weather information system. The end user first dials into a web server using a laptop or desktop, the web server accesses a database server through a LAN which stores road and weather info. What we want is to time out certain users so they don't tie up the phone line. We can time them out of the front end, but we want to disconnect their modem. Some users would tend to "turn the thing on, and walk away", which we are looking to avoid. Is there anyway to kick off their modem? The OS is at a minimum WinNT 4.0
We were told that because of the web browser, there would be no way to kick them off the phone line, short of mechanically doing so. Which would entail us setting the disconnects on a ton of laptops, which could be a logistic nightmare.

Any help, or suggestions for the programmer to try would be greatly appreciated.. as I don't have enough experience to know how to handle this if possible.

Thanks much,
Theresa