Date: Thu, 28 Aug 1997 08:56:29 -0700 (MST) From: Charles Mott <cmott@snake.srv.net> To: Jeff Roberts <root@ashland.edu> Cc: FreeBSD Questions Discussion List <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: FBSD: Keeping dial-up connections alive Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.970828085059.12639B-100000@darkstar.home> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.95q.970828111503.204B-100000@freebsd.ashland.edu>
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On Thu, 28 Aug 1997, Jeff Roberts wrote: > 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? I usually like to ping a "spamhaus", like www.sallynet.com or www.agis.net. Sometimes I like to just directly ping aads.agis.net, the primary link between the AGIS sewer and the rest of the internet. Pinging once per second is ok.
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