>Does anyone know  of a way to disable,  on a node for node  basis, the feature
>that  will force  and restart  a link  if it  stays 'inactive'  for a  certain
>amount of time?   Thanks in advance.
 
Yes, simply put:
 
For ....:
 
   restart = 0
 
EndFor
 
into that link's definition..     -turgut