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- From: hendis@aix1.danadata.dk (Henrik Dissing)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.networking
- Subject: Re: Connecting.
- Date: 10 Jan 1996 17:12:32 GMT
- Organization: DanaData Internet Services
- Message-ID: <1313.6583T985T95@aix1.danadata.dk>
- References: <4curi9$8al@newsgate.dircon.co.uk>
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- On 09-Jan-96 23:51:53, Kevin Henry wrote:
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- > Can anyone tell me what i can use/or do to stay connected while I
- > writing a posting to my ISP as I write my postings online using GRN
- > 2.1a if I take too long it will eventulay times out and
- > disconnects due to enactivity.
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- > my setup is PPP (1.40) Amitcp demo 4.0 A1200 4Mb and supra modem
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- > I sometimes use ping from another shell, but there must be a parameter
- > mabye in GRN or PPP to send some kind of bounce signal to the host to
- > make sure the connection is held up.
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- From PPP.guide (v1.30):
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- EXERCISE=k
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- If this option is specified the device sends a "DiscardRequest",
- i.e. a null message, whenever the SEND line has been idle for at least
- <k> seconds. This can be used to prevent the other side from hanging up
- the line due to inactivity. The request is not echoed by the other side
- and should therefore not have any impact on the overall performance.
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- Example: If you want to exercise the link after 1 minute of
- inactivity, specify EXERCISE=60.
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- Please see #Inactivity# #Timeout# for a more detailed discussion of this
- topic.
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- In the evaluation version this option is not available.
- --
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- Henrik Dissing E-mail: hendis@aix1.danadata.dk
- Tranbjerg, Denmark FidoNet: 2:238/24.6
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