Re: Intermittant PPP connection

[Rob MacWilliams <robmacw@cl-sys.com>]

Victor Torrico writes:
<snip>
 > 
 > 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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