Ken, Thanks for your response!
Ken Thompson wrote: > Randy, my ISP does the exact same thing and here's my solution: > A) If you have a dedicated dialup connection, put a ping command for 15 min > intervals in cron. > B) If you have a normal dialup you can open an account on ICQ and run the LICQ > applet, it pings mirabilis.com every 3 to 5 min keeping your connection > alive. This is what I have to do to keep from being disconnected after 1 to > 15 min. I have Netscape set up to check for email every 10 minutes, which I would think would serve the same purpose, but I like the ping idea. (Maybe a ping would serve the purpose better somehow?) I guess I should clarify one thing -- IIRC, the ISP's policy doesn't require that I've been idle for any specified amount of time, and I don't know how they've implemented the policy. My understanding of the policy is that if they check my line any time 4 hours after I've connected they can decide that I've been "hanging" and have the right to disconnect me. (Maybe "hanging" implies the line has been idle??) A few times they've told me there is no automatic disconnect, but I just have this vague suspicion that they're not telling me everything. (And I can imagine some poor ways to implement an automatic disconnection, or creation / maintenance of a list of potential "disconnectees" presented to the "sysadmin" for use when traffic gets high. Darn, I'm way too cynical / suspicious.) BTW: I'd like to be able to give the ping command orally -- "One ping, one ping only" in my best Sean Connery voice. ;-) Randy Kramer
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