At 12:48 PM 9/4/2002 +0100, you wrote: >Hi Deb, > > > >Start > Settings > Control Panel > Scheduled Tasks > Add Task is where >you > > >go to set this up as a scheduled job - it's pretty straightforward >(alhough > > >I haven't done it with ping before :-) > > > > I just went there and looked and tried to program it in. Doesn't give > > any options for seconds or minutes, only hours :( > >Bummer. Sorry about that.
Hey, nice try anyway :) > > I've also tried several ping programs and they don't work either. > >OK, I'm confused here... several ping programs? There's only one... it's >called "ping"... There are programs out there that will ping but they seem only to work on browsers and dialups. Here's an example: http://www.inklineglobal.com/products/sc/index.html >Could you try opening up a DOS window and typing "ping google.com"? I've done all that w/the server people, they say nothing is wrong. > > This just makes no sense, why it worked before and quit working. > >It's possible to configure a server so that it doesn't respond to pings - >they may have done this recently. If this is the case, all the pinging in >the world won't keep the connection alive :-) Maybe they've done this, sure seems like a good possibility. Thanks for your input. Deb ____ � The WDVL Discussion List from WDVL.COM � ____ To Join wdvltalk, Send An Email To: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Send Your Posts To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To change subscription settings to the wdvltalk digest version: http://wdvl.internet.com/WDVL/Forum/#sub ________________ http://www.wdvl.com _______________________ You are currently subscribed to wdvltalk as: [email protected] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
