Run something like Colloquy in the background, maybe? Joe
On 12 Jul 2012, at 14:04, [email protected] wrote: > Any solutions for iPads? > > BirgitteSB > > > > On Jul 11, 2012, at 5:46 PM, Sven Manguard <[email protected]> wrote: > >> The prevailing theory of the issue is that the router(?) kicks people off >> after 45 seconds of inactivity (i.e. it will kick you if you do not use the >> internet for longer than 45 seconds. >> >> This is a stupid setting, and it might get fixed soon. Until then, you can >> do the wonderfully blunt solution of pinging a google server every second. >> It does not chew up any noticeable amount of system resources, or slow down >> the internet. It does, however, stop the dropping. >> >> What you need to do is go into the command console (search cmd if you have a >> Windows computer), and then type in "ping -t 8.8.8.8" (not the quotes >> themselves though). >> >> If it's done right, the command console will, ever second, show a new line >> that looks like "Reply from 8.8.8.8: bytes=32 time=3ms TTL=57" Occasionally >> the time will be something other than 3ms (4ms is common, the highest I've >> seen is 1465ms, which is bad if you're seeing it more than once or twice). >> Occasionally you'll see instead "Request timed out." followed by the regular >> Reply from 8.8.8.8: ... reply. Again, if this only happens rarely, you're >> still good. >> >> As long as you don't exit out of the command module (you can minimize it >> without any issues) it will continue to ping, and therefore will not kick >> you off the wifi. >> >> If you have Fedora installed, you can do pinging a different way, but then >> again if you have Fedora, you don't need this guide. >> >> Hope this helps you. >> >> Sven >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikimania-l mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l > _______________________________________________ > Wikimania-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l
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