Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2000 15:21:36 -0500 (EST) From: Adam <bsdx@looksharp.net> To: Leif Neland <leif@neland.dk> Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Why not a default number of pings? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0001181520290.15785-100000@sapphire.looksharp.net> In-Reply-To: <01dd01bf6145$e13d6c80$0e00a8c0@neland.dk>
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I think the -a parameter to ping would be useful to you. It makes the pc speaker emit a beep for every reply. If you have the speaker working and are not hearing impaired, you will NOT forget! :) On Tue, 18 Jan 2000, Leif Neland wrote: > I've been hit by a "forgotten ping" again. > > I still do not see a reason for not having a default number of pings, instead of infinite. > The only reason I've seen is "It's always been so". > > Even if a default of 4 pings is not acceptable, because windows does it that way, why not a large default then? > > If somebody _really_ want to ping forever, let them use -t0, and defend the rest of us from our blunders of forgetting a ping, keeping the line open infinitely. > > How about a MAX_PING=3600 in make.conf or so? > > I've supplied patches earlier, but they've been rejected. > > Leif > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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