Victor Torrico writes:
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>
> Piggy backing on your idea, I am just leaving ping turned on all the time so
> that there is one ping every twenty seconds. This keeps the ISP timeout
> window happy and should not interfere in any significant way with using any
> applications or downloads. This now allows me to take my time without
> worrying about thirty second timeouts. It turns out that the ISP timeout is
> after any thirty second period of inactivity. Not just after login.
>
> Here's what I do: ping -i 20 "ISP domain name goes here"
>
> ie; I use: ping -i 20 cfw.com
>
> Of course this could also be put in the ip-up file or made into a bash
> function. pg () { ping -i 20 cfw.com; }
>
> Let me know if this works for you please.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Victor
> --
> ------ Wildflower Hill, Head Waters, Virginia ------
My ISP has a 10 min. no activity timer once I am logged in and have
done something, so I just grab the mail every 9 min. Your ping should
work fine and grabbing the mail every 10 sec. is a little excessive.
If I were you I would contact your ISP and ask them to change the 10
sec. timeout, it does seem a little unreasonable.
Later
Rob
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