On Fri, 19 Nov 1999, Keith Bennett wrote:
<snip>
->if i login to the remote machine and work from there everything
->is usually fine. if, however, i just set up the ppp link and then
->connect elsewhere (ie. ftp to other sites, browse the web, etc.)
->the connection never lasts longer than about 3 minutes.
<snip>
*** Some ISP have a time out set to the connexion. This means that if
you're connexion is inactive for a certain amount of time your ISP
deconnects you in order to free the line for another customer. Normally
there should be a delay of 15min. The last time I've seen a deconnect
delay of 3 min. was with an ISP who had too many customer on to few a
lines. You could (maybe) solve this problem by keeping the connection
alive with a ping every so many minutes. I use this script:
#!/bin/bash
# Script created Oct 1998 by Zoran GRBIC, Paris
# mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
# Sends a ping each 1,5 min. and keeps the connection to ISP alive. Runs
# continuosly ("while" statement) unless there's no connexion. Then it
# will exit ("done" statement). In that case it exits and shows the error
# message. This will also stop alive when you deconnect.
#
# Enter your ISP's domain name here. It's the name on the right of the "@"
# sign. Change [xxx] with your information: ISP=isp.com
ISP=xxxx
# Put here the delay in seconds you want your ISP to be pinged, "woken up".
ZZZZ=xxxx
while :
ping -c 1 $ISP
do
sleep $ZZZZ
done
echo ""
echo "##### ALIVE ERROR ######"
echo "# #"
echo "# No PPP connexion... #"
echo "# #"
echo "########################"
echo ""
Cheers!
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"Microsoft is now talking about the digital nervous system. I guess I
would be nervous too if my system was built on their technology."
-- Sun Microsystems President Scott McNealy.
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