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June 17th, 2003, 12:50 AM
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ISP-Forced Dial-Up Modem Disconnects
Hi!
This is a silly little question. Recently my ISP initiated some sort of routine that automatically cuts my dial-up connection if I am away from my PC for a specified length of time. I live in Mexico, where you are limited to 3 local calls per day within the base service plan. So, this is not only irritating; it is also costing me money. I have paid for an unlimited account ... which means that I should be able to connect continuously, if I desire. I can understand their desire to cut costs and such ... but does anyone know of a trick or downloadable routine that dupes their auto-disconnect into thinking that I am actively using my PC? Thanks
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June 17th, 2003, 01:13 AM
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If you have access to perl on your system, you can run this script from the command prompt:
Code:
#!/usr/bin/perl
use LWP::Simple;
@urls=('www.google.com','www.ebay.com','www.yahoo.com','www.theonion.com');
while(1){
$url=@urls[rand(@urls)];
print "Getting $url\n";
get('http://'.$url);
sleep rand(9)+1;
}
This will get any of the above web pages randomly every 10 seconds or less. Add more URLs if you like, and tweak the time given to the sleep by the "rand()" function to be something that works for you. Hope this helps. I'm not entirely sure of any downloadable utilities, but I'd imagine google would turn them up. And you should probably check with your Terms of Service to make sure using these types of utilities (or the script above) doesn't violate them.
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