Many ISPs have policy against such a thing, so be careful before you do it.
Udjat -Whoo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Ping you host once in a while. > > ping -i 500 xyz.com > /dev/null & > > see ping man page. > > > On Sat, 21 Jun 1997, A.D.Y. Cheng wrote: > > > Hello all, > > > > I am running PPP connecting to my ISP. However, after connecting, if I > > leave the connection idle for about half an hour, the modem will hang up > > itself which I do not really want. Can somebody point out to me how to > > turn off this feature? > > > > Thanks for help in advance ! > > > > Anthony > > > > > > -- > > TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] . > > Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . > > > > > Help! I'm modeming... and I can't hang up!!! > ,, / > ( "> > _(->)-> > .' ^^ [EMAIL PROTECTED] > `-> Bitburn Access. > > > > -- > TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? > e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . > -- John Goerzen | Running Debian GNU/Linux (www.debian.org) Custom Programming | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .