My local mom 'n pop ISP (brainiac) was sold to a large ISP (who shall for the moment remain anonymous) that - I *think* - engages in the practice of logging users out after a certain period of idle time. (I'm waiting for their "support" to get back to me on this question.) I know folks have devised scripts to auto-ping remote sites in order to defeat this practice. Could someone give me a steer towards one or two of these scripts?