From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Sep 1 05:46:03 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id FAA24135 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 1 Sep 1997 05:46:03 -0700 (PDT) Received: from max.roskildebc.dk (max.roskildebc.dk [194.182.101.4]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with SMTP id FAA24127 for ; Mon, 1 Sep 1997 05:45:59 -0700 (PDT) Received: by max.roskildebc.dk (5.61/9.8) with UUCP id AA22721; Mon, 1 Sep 97 14:45:12 +0200 Received: by swimsuit.roskildebc.dk (0.99.970109) id AA01031; 30 Aug 97 19:29:53 +0100 From: leifn@roskildebc.dk (Leif Neland) Date: 29 Aug 97 22:16:36 +0100 Subject: FBSD: Keeping dial-up connections alive Message-Id: References: Organization: Fidonet: New number, ISDN: 46162211 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk At 28 Aug 97 18:32:46 Jeff Roberts (2:234/49.99) wrote to All regarding FBSD: Keeping dial-up connections alive in area "freebsd-questions" JR> What is the preferred method of keeping dial-up connections JR> alive? My (school) provider kills connections that have been JR> inactive for 8 (freaking) minutes ... i.e., I have to JR> periodically reload long articles on cnn.com or I'll lose my JR> connection in the middle. Ever tried downloading the article, then reading off-line? Your provider obviously feel you are wasting their modems when reading online. Leif Neland Internet: leifn@roskildebc.dk --- |Fidonet: Leif Neland 2:234/49 |Internet: leifn@swimsuit.roskildebc.dk