9fans archive / 2000 / 12 / 80 / prev next From: Bojan Zdravkovic <bojanz@hom...> Subject: Re: [9fans] keeping isp connection alive Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2000 09:49:00 GMT Hey there! What works is if you run ping at random intervals and in variable lengths. If you're really smart you can script telnet to attach itself to port 80 and get some data on some random hosts. Hope that helped! -Bojan <wstan@pla...> wrote in message news:20001213201306.EC35D199E9@mai...... > I tried running ip/ping on a 3 min cycle but it didnt > seem to work. Isn't gping the same thing but with a > graphic display? > > Bill