Aborted connection 11545 to db: 'eximstats' user: 'eximstats' host: `localhost' (Got

After optimizing my.cnf, all is working fast but I am receiving this:

Aborted connection 11545 to db: 'eximstats' user: 'eximstats' host: `localhost' (Got timeout reading communication packets)
Running RedHat, mySQL 4.020, VPS 256 MB RAM, 163.8+ Mhz Min. Guaranteed. Memory usage 46%. Server loads up to 1. Some mySQL sites. PHP 4.3.9 with Zend Optimizer and MMCache.

my.cnf:

PHP Code:
[mysqld]
user=mysql
set
-variable max_connections=500
safe
-show-database
set
-variable  max_allowed_packet=16M
skip
-innodb
set
-variable query_cache_limit=1M
set
-variable query_cache_size=12M
set
-variable query_cache_type=1
set
-variable interactive_timeout=80
set
-variable wait_timeout=45
set
-variable connect_timeout=14400 // I have lifted this up as advised this would solve this issue - obviously doesn't
set-variable thread_cache_size=24
set
-variable key_buffer=12M
set
-variable join_buffer=1M
set
-variable table_cache=1024
set
-variable record_buffer=1M
set
-variable sort_buffer_size=2M
set
-variable read_buffer_size=2M
set
-variable max_connect_errors=10
set
-variable thread_concurrency=2
set
-variable myisam_sort_buffer_size=16M
server
-id=1

[safe_mysqld]
err-log=/var/log/mysqld.log
pid
-file=/var/lib/mysql/mysql.pid
open_files_limit
=4096

[mysqldump]
quick
set
-variable max_allowed_packet=16M

[mysql]
no-auto-rehash
#safe-updates

[isamchk]
set-variable key_buffer=16M
set
-variable sort_buffer=8M
set
-variable read_buffer=8M
set
-variable write_buffer=8M

[myisamchk]
set-variable key_buffer=16M
set
-variable sort_buffer=8M
set
-variable read_buffer=8M 
set
-variable write_buffer=8M

[mysqlhotcopy
interactive-timeout 
Additionally, is this config optimized correctly for mySQL 4.020 and VPS specs? Sites using mySQL are working fast, I have tuned this by measuring?

 

 

 

 

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