From: "Larry le Mac" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
In an attempt to keep my Mac/ADSL online all the time irrelevant of net activity I have now set Network Tool to continuously ping my ISP, seems to work...
However, sending the 64 bytes every second, how will that affect performance ?
I have a 512k ADSL connection.
I presume not a lot...
I can't speak for every ADSL provider, but I've never yet come across one that wasn't on all the time. I presume you looked into this (or at least asked your provider about it) already ...
Even if they DO drop your connection, surely EVERY SECOND is a little bit overkill for the situation?
As for affecting performance, I would say that sending so often absolutely WILL affect performance, quite noticeably I should think.
_Chas_
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