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  From: David Lloyd <dlloyd@microbits.com.au>
  To  : Anthony <tomcat@chariot.net.au>
  Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2003 17:18:04 +0930

Re: Keeping dial up connections alive

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Anthony,

> Can someone please tell me how I can keep a dialup connection on a
> server (e-smith) alive perhaps via a script that pings the ISP mail
> server (or http server) say every 5 minutes?

It's quite easy depending on what you're doing.

 man cron

..might help.


> I am using a modem to connect to my ISP. I would like this to start when
> the m/c is booted.

There's an option in pppd that probably does this as well. In man pppd, look
for:

 * lcp-echo-interval

Incidentally, *what* is the problem you're trying to solve? Automatically
checking your e-mail every 10 minutes (or more) might achieve what you want.

AND it's legitimate.

Many ISP's have an "Thou Shalt Not Ping Us All The Time" clause though I've 
not heard of any exercising it.


DSL

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