Bug#207433: ITP: spinner -- Sends small packets over a idle link to keep it open

[Jesus Climent <jesus.climent@hispalinux.es>]

Package: wnpp
Version: N/A; reported 2003-08-27
Severity: wishlist

* Package name    : spinner
  Version         : 1.2.4
  Upstream Author : Joe Laffey <software@laffeycomputer.com>
* URL             : http://www.laffeycomputer.com/spinner.html
* License         : GPL
  Description     : Sends small packets over a idle link to keep it open

 spinner sends small packets (null packets or a fancy ASCII spin
 fan with motion) to keep a link up.
 .
 It is the perfect application to keep alive a connection over
 routers which disconnect a link after some idle time.


-- System Information
Debian Release: 3.0
Architecture: i386
Kernel: Linux reypastor 2.4.21 #1 vie jun 13 22:28:10 CEST 2003 i686
Locale: LANG=es_ES@euro, LC_CTYPE=es_ES@euro

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