Re: ppp connection is terminated after 2 hours

[Donald Spoon <dspoon@astcomm.net>]

Anthony Campbell wrote:
> On 12 Jan 2003, Sven Bornemann wrote:
>
> > John Hasler wrote:
> >
> >
> > > Sven writes:
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > > I think somehow I must make the ISP server belief that I just logged on,
> > > > while I'm online for one and a half our or so...
> > > >  
> > >
> > > Or just add the 'persist' option so that pppd dials up again whenever it
> > > gets disconnected.
> >
> > But then my Gnutella downloads are interrupted overnight etc...
> > I know that the persist option works perfectly for reconnecting
> > but it does not keep the connection alive.
> >
> > Sven
>
>
> As far as I know there is no way to do this if it is a "feature" of your
> ISP - it is of mine. I'm prepared to live with it, if it makes it easier
> to connect when I dial up.
>
> AC

Dunno if this will work for you or not, but it might be worth a try...

Back when I was using PPP, I had the same problem.  My kids showed me 
that by running an IRC client connected to a channel, the ISP-induced 
disconnects would not happen.  In my case I would be browsing or doing a 
FTP download when it would happen.  Dunno just why it worked, but it did.

Cheers,
-Don Spoon-