This is probably of interest to the list also..... (Thanks Jonathan)
hmmmm I thought if I pinged anything on the internet then it would be measured as traffic out and then back in????
David Hingston MB ChB MBA
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Jonathan Segel" <jetstream@xtra.co.nz>
To: "Dr David Hingston" <tortise@paradise.net.nz>
Sent: Saturday, March 10, 2001 11:45 PM
Subject: Re: 3Com Dual Link and Windows 2000

| Of course from a Jetstream network point of view, no data has been moved. Jetstream is only measuring traffic on your
| link out.
|
| The keep-alive ping travels only between your internal machine and the Dual link modem.
|
| Jonathan.
|
| Dr David Hingston wrote:
|
| > Out of interest can anyone calculate or advise how to calculate the traffic volume generated by such frequent pings?
| > If no activity that would be X bytes x 7200 per day. What is X???
| > (Hmmm, I suppose this is less of an issue given "almost" flat rates presumably being used.)
| >
| > David Hingston MB ChB MBA
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| > ----- Original Message -----
| > From: "Brendon Russell" <brendon.russell@xtra.co.nz>
| > To: "ADSL Mailing List" <adsl@unixathome.org>
| > Sent: Friday, March 09, 2001 3:30 PM
| > Subject: 3Com Dual Link and Windows 2000
| >
| > | Here's how I've worked around the problems with the 3Com Dual Link
| > | disconnecting after 15 seconds idle, using Windows 2000.
| > |
| > | I'm using a program called Multiple Tray Ping from
| > | http://www.moxom-software.co.uk/ to keep the connection alive when otherwise
| > | idle. I have it set to ping a host every 12 seconds, and ticked the "Reduce
| > | Delay" option so if a ping fails, it will only wait 1 second to retry.
| > |
| > | Also, right-click on the system tray icon and choose "Application
| > | Settings" - tick "Persistent Connection" so it will automatically reconnect
| > | if the connection is lost.
| > |
| > | I'm not using it for anything mission-critical, so I haven't tested how long
| > | the connection can stay up, although I've noticed it go over a day. I'm
| > | sure it can't come near my old M11, which had an uptime of well over a month
| > | at one point :)
| > |
| > | Brendon
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