Re: Re: Connection keeps dropping

I'M EAGER TO TRY YOUR SUGGESTION.

ONE THING IS UNCLEAR. IN THE COMMAND "PING -I 10 MAIL.YAHOO.COM", HOW DO
YOU CHOOSE THE FILE TO BE PLUGGED INTO THE SPOT WHERE "MAIL.YAHOO.COM" APPEARS?
I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHERE YOU ARE SENDING THE PING.

HELP, PLEASE.

BOB

IN A MESSAGE DATED 1/23/07 11:02:49 AM, RUFUSH2001%40YAHOO.COM">RUFUSH2001YAHOO.COM WRITES:
>
> HERE IS A SIMPLER SOLUTION THAT TAKES A LITTLE BIT OF PREP, BUT WILL
>; BE QUICKER TO LAUNCH FROM THEN ON.
>
> IT INVOLVES USING THE "PING" COMMAND IN UNIX, WHICH IS USED TO TEST
>; WHETHER A MACHINE OUT ON THE NETWORK IS "ALIVE". IT SENDS A SHORT
> NETWORK PACKET AND WAITS FOR A RESPONSE. (THE NAME COMES FROM THE
> PINGING SOUND OF SONAR.) BY DEFAULT IT SENDS A STEADY STREAM OF SUCH
>; PACKETS, BUT YOU CAN SET HOW LONG IT SHOULD WAIT (IN SECONDS) BETWEEN
> PINGS.
>
> HERE IS HOW TO SET IT UP.
>
> 1) GO TO THE UTILITIES FOLDER IN YOUR APPLICATIONS FOLDER AND LAUNCH
> THE TERMINAL PROGRAM.
> 2) SELECT FILE/SAVE AS... FROM THE MENU
>; 3) CLICK THE RADIO BUTTON LABELED "EXECUTE THIS COMMAND (SPECIFY
> COMPLETE PATH)";
> 4) TYPE
>;
> PING -I 10 MAIL.YAHOO.COM
>
> IN THE TEXT BOX BELOW THE RADIO BUTTON.
> 5) SPECIFY A FILENAME AND LOCATION TO SAVE AND CLICK SAVE BUTTON.
> 6) QUIT THE TERMINAL APP
>
> NOW TO MAINTAIN A CONNECTION, JUST DOUBLE CLICK THE FILE YOU
> CREATED. THIS WILL SEND A PING PACKET ONCE EVERY TEN SECONDS TO
> MAIL.YAHOO.COM.
>;
> YOU CAN OBVIOUSLY PICK A DIFFERENT MACHINE TO PING (THOUGH NOT ALL
> MACHINES WILL RESPOND TO A PING). YOU CAN ALSO VARY THE TIMING. IF
> YOU ARE STILL GETTING DISCONNECTS, TRY A LOWER VALUE, LIKE 3 OR 5.
>
> REMEMBER TO QUIT TERMINAL APP WHEN YOU DISCONNECT.
>
> HOPE THIS HELPS.
>
> JOSH
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> One thing is unclear. In the command "ping -i 10 mail.yahoo.com", how
> do you choose the file to be plugged into the spot where "mail.yahoo.com"
> appears?
>
>; I don't understand where you are sending the ping.

The problem we have been discussing is that cell phone carriers may drop
your data connection after a period of time of inactivity - no traffic
either way across the connection.

The proposed solution is to trigger a brief exchange at a definable
interval, in this case, to ping a server (any active server)(it scarcely
matter *which* server)(and maybe even inactive ones, since you will still
be *sending* the ping every nn seconds).

>From Wikipedia:
> Ping is a computer network tool used to test whether a particular host is
> reachable across an IP network. Ping works by sending ICMP "echo request"
> packets ("Ping?") to the target host and listening for ICMP "echo
> response" replies (sometimes dubbed "Pong!" as an analog from the Ping
> Pong table tennis sport.) Using interval timing and response rate, ping
> estimates the round-trip time (generally in milliseconds although the
> unit is often omitted) and packet loss (if any) rate between hosts.
>
> The word ping is also frequently used as a verb or noun, where it can
> refer directly to the round-trip time, the act of running a ping program
> or measuring the round-trip time.
>
> History
>
> Mike Muuss wrote the program in December, 1983, as a tool to troubleshoot
> odd behavior on an IP network. He named it after the pulses of sound made
> by a sonar, since its operation is analogous to active sonar in
> submarines, in which an operator issues a pulse of energy (a network
> packet) at the target, which then bounces from the target and is received
> by the operator.

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On Jan 23, 2007, at 1:55 PM, Jim Saklad wrote:

> > One thing is unclear. In the command "ping -i 10 mail.yahoo.com",
> how
> > do you choose the file to be plugged into the spot where
> "mail.yahoo.com"
> > appears?
> >
>; > I don't understand where you are sending the ping.
>
> The problem we have been discussing is that cell phone carriers may
> drop
>; your data connection after a period of time of inactivity - no traffic
> either way across the connection.
>
> The proposed solution is to trigger a brief exchange at a definable
> interval, in this case, to ping a server (any active server)(it
> scarcely
> matter *which* server)(and maybe even inactive ones, since you will
> still
> be *sending* the ping every nn seconds).
>
> From Wikipedia:
> > Ping is a computer network tool used to test whether a particular
> host is
> > reachable across an IP network. Ping works by sending ICMP "echo
> request"
> > packets ("Ping?") to the target host and listening for ICMP "echo
> > response" replies (sometimes dubbed "Pong!" as an analog from the
> Ping
>; > Pong table tennis sport.) Using interval timing and response
> rate, ping
>; > estimates the round-trip time (generally in milliseconds although
> the
> > unit is often omitted) and packet loss (if any) rate between hosts.
> >
>; > The word ping is also frequently used as a verb or noun, where it
> can
> > refer directly to the round-trip time, the act of running a ping
> program
> > or measuring the round-trip time.
> >
>; > History
> >
>; > Mike Muuss wrote the program in December, 1983, as a tool to
> troubleshoot
> > odd behavior on an IP network. He named it after the pulses of
> sound made
>; > by a sonar, since its operation is analogous to active sonar in
> > submarines, in which an operator issues a pulse of energy (a network
> > packet) at the target, which then bounces from the target and is
> received
> > by the operator.
>
> --
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Jim Saklad mailto: jimdoc%40iname.com">jimdociname.com
>
>

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