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From: "DaZZa" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Alister Waller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2001 9:15 AM
> On Mon, 10 Sep 2001, Alister Waller wrote:
>
> > # start curiosity
> >
> > Did this affect both Linux and Windows users?
> >
> > # end curiosity
>
> It's OS independant. However, it *is* modem dependant.
>
> I posted a reference page - a little google searching for "ping+ath0" will
> find more.
>
> DaZZa
When I was working in the support section of an ISP, we routinely used a
ping with this command (in hex) as payload to hang up customers with only
one phone line :) We found that the only modems that it wouldn't work on
were the US Robotics - based ones, pretty much everything else was
disconnected by it.
Cheers,
Rob
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