Subject: Re: ping script for isp autologout
> My local mom 'n pop ISP (brainiac) was sold to a large ISP (who shall for
> the moment remain anonymous) that - I *think* - engages in the practice of
> logging users out after a certain period of idle time. (I'm waiting for their
> "support" to get back to me on this question.)
> I know folks have devised scripts to auto-ping remote sites in order to
> defeat this practice.
there's a debian package for it, `pppupd':
pppupd - Keeps a ppp connection alive
PPPupd, is a simple daemon which maintains a dialup PPP connection. PPPupd
is able to:
+ Execute a redial script, should the connection drop.
+ Send out periodic pings to keep a connection up, which might
be disconnected by unruly ISP's who kick their well paying
members off, after a predetermined number of minutes of
inactivity.