VPN connection closes too fast - General Topics

Hello,
I'm having some questions regarding a VPN connection, namely the fact that it seems to close it down quite fast. I have configured a PPTP VPN on my TyTN.
When I now connect to my mailserver (using Pocket Outlook), it first connects to the VPN (both when I'm using wifi or gprs/umts), and then connects to the mailserver. However, when I then choose to download a mail message, it reconnects to the VPN (which takes quite a lot of time).
Similarly, in Pocket Internet explorer, the VPN is also re-established when moving from one site to another.
Even worse, is that in Skype, the VPN connection is not seen as a wifi connection (so it says it cannot connect). I can circumvent this by first launching Pocket Outlook or Pocket Internet Explorer, which opens the VPN. Skype can then use the connection, but the VPN is closed after 30s (if when in the middle of a conversation!).
None of these problems occur on a laptop connected to this VPN. I'm guessing there is something on the TyTN that causes the VPN to be shut down. I have tried setting up a website that refreshes every 20s to keep the VPN open, but it doesn't prevent it from closing (and it doesn't reopen a closed VPN).
Is there a way of keeping a VPN open ?
(either by a registry hack - some timeout setting, or by some 3rd party software)
Thanks!
Jörg

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