Re: keepalive/wakeup script

[Richard Adams]

On Tue, 01 Aug 2000,  [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote about,  keepalive/wakeup script:
> does anyone know of a program or script that will periodically poll my ISP so
> that it doesn't disconnect when it thinks the connection is idle?


If your ISP does not block pings;

ping -i300 ip# >/dev/null &
Or send output to a file
ping -i300 ip# >ping_file &

> 
> 
> thanks.

-- 
Regards Richard
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://people.zeelandnet.nl/pa3gcu/


-
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in
the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs