A policy against using ping once every 8 minutes and 20 seconds. I have never heard of such a thing. I have never had one complain.
However it is not to nice to tie up your providers dialup lines for extended periods when you are not using it. The only time I have done this is when using providers that have very short timeouts. That is short enough to cause problems while reading news online or browsing some web sites. On 21 Jun 1997, John Goerzen wrote: > 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. ---------------- http://www.sound.net/~wpmills/ ----------------- : W. Paul Mills : Bill, I was there several years ago. : : Topeka, Kansas, U.S.A. : Why would I want to go back tomorrow? : : [EMAIL PROTECTED] : Where were you! : : [EMAIL PROTECTED] : ---------------------------------------- : : [EMAIL PROTECTED] : Linux: Tomorrow's operating system, : : [EMAIL PROTECTED] : here, today. : : [EMAIL PROTECTED] : ---------------------------------------- : : compuserve 70023,1750 : #define MY_TRUE_LOVE computer : -------------- http://homepage.midusa.net/~wpmills/ ------------- -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
