better yet why not have your email client automatically download your email every 4 minutes... Leif Neland wrote: > On Wed, 9 Aug 2000, justin wrote: > > > Hey fellas... > > > > What I would like to do right now, however, is guarantee that > > anytime, anyday, barring a problem with my ISP, that my box is > > connected to the internet. I have it currently setup to dial the > > internet when it boots and that seems, so far to work ok. My problem > > you ask? My ISP implements a 5 minute no transfer policy, they > > disconnect my connection after 5 minutes of 'idling'. What I would > > like to do is have some kind of check to verify if I am still > > connected to the internet and if not, execute it. I was thinking some > > type of script running from crontab every 5 minutes. If I am not > > connected, then automatically reconnect to the internet. > > > Why do you want to be online all the time? Are you running a server which > should be accessible from the internet? > Do you have adsl or the like available? > > Perhaps we will see questions on the radius- or isp-lists: > > How do I disconnect an user when the traffic is below a certain limit? > How do I limit the number of connects daily from an user? > How do I limit the number of minutes daily per user? > > Leif > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message -- Cheers, Mikel +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~+ | Optimized Computer Solutions, Inc http://www.ocsny.com | 39 W14th Street, Suite 203 212 727 2238 x132 | New York, NY 10011 +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~+
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