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Subject: Re: FBSD:  Keeping dial-up connections alive
Date: Fri, 29 Aug 1997 09:20:00 GMT
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>> What is the preferred method of keeping dial-up connections alive?  My

>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. 

Pinging every 60 seconds works too.