there's a debian package for it, `pppupd':
pppupd - Keeps a ppp connection alive
PPPupd, is a simple daemon which maintains a dialup PPP connection. PPPupd
is able to:
+ Execute a redial script, should the connection drop.
+ Send out periodic pings to keep a connection up, which might
be disconnected by unruly ISP's who kick their well paying
members off, after a predetermined number of minutes of
inactivity.
On Sat, 13 Mar 1999, Bob Bernstein wrote:
> From: Bob Bernstein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> Date: Sat, 13 Mar 1999 21:20:45 +0000 (GMT)
> Subject: ping script for isp autologout
>
> My local mom 'n pop ISP (brainiac) was sold to a large ISP (who shall for the
> moment remain anonymous) that - I *think* - engages in the practice of logging
> users out after a certain period of idle time. (I'm waiting for their
> "support" to get back to me on this question.)
>
> I know folks have devised scripts to auto-ping remote sites in order to defeat
> this practice.
>
> Could someone give me a steer towards one or two of these scripts?
>
>
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please forgive my abrupt ending hre - but my conection is
xtrememleyyhiclmelyey BAD hiccuppy etc must sign off -
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