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Subject: Re: FBSD:  Keeping dial-up connections alive
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On Thu, 28 Aug 1997, Jeff Roberts wrote:
> What is the preferred method of keeping dial-up connections alive?  My
> (school) provider kills connections that have been inactive for 8
> (freaking) minutes ... i.e., I have to periodically reload long articles
> on cnn.com or I'll lose my connection in the middle.  Instead of
> reinventing the wheel, I thought I'd just see what everyone else who uses
> dial-up PPP does.  2.2.1-R, BTW.  Got a favorite script or program?  Do
> you just have it ping the host every n minutes?

I usually like to ping a "spamhaus", like www.sallynet.com or
www.agis.net. Sometimes I like to just directly ping aads.agis.net, the
primary link between the AGIS sewer and the rest of the internet.  Pinging
once per second is ok.