Date: Thu, 28 Aug 1997 11:32:46 -0500 (EST) From: Jeff Roberts <root@ashland.edu> To: FreeBSD Questions Discussion List <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: FBSD: Keeping dial-up connections alive Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.95q.970828111503.204B-100000@freebsd.ashland.edu>
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Greetings! I haven't seen any dumb questions on here for a while, so I felt that it was incumbent upon me to step forward and fill the void. ;-) What is the preferred method of keeping dial-up connections alive? My (school) provider kills connections that have been inactive for 8 (freaking) minutes ... i.e., I have to periodically reload long articles on cnn.com or I'll lose my connection in the middle. Instead of reinventing the wheel, I thought I'd just see what everyone else who uses dial-up PPP does. 2.2.1-R, BTW. Got a favorite script or program? Do you just have it ping the host every n minutes? Thanks! =) Jeff ______________________________________________________________________ jroberts@ashland.edu >>>> Jeff Roberts <<<< strider@acm.org Public Key = http://www.ashland.edu/~jroberts/txt/pubkey.asc NOTE: I only respond to messages (1) from known senders, (2) with my name in the SUBJECT line, or (3) very specific SUBJECTs. Messages with SUBJECTs like "Hi" or "Question" will get deleted with the spam. Empty SUBJECT lines get ignored. Peace. ______________________________________________________________________
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