RAS problem in script

All,

For some reason, no matter what, Hamster will close the RAS connection when
it restarts the do loop. Am I missing something or is there a bug in the
RasIsConnected statement? The idea is for H to NOT dial a connection if
there's one already going. I only use this particular connection for the
Internet.

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#!hs2

do

if( !RasIsConnected )
  $try = 1
  while( RasDial("ZNET - Mira Mesa") != 0 )
    if( $try >= 3 )
       error( "Dialing failed!" )
    endif
    inc( $try )
    sleep( 10000 )
  endwhile
endif

if (RasIsConnected)
  HamWaitIdle
  HamNewsPost
  HamWaitIdle
  HamNewsPull
endif

sleep( 600000 )

loop
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