Re: Continuous pinging - affecting performance ???

2004-09-06 Thread Larry le Mac
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] How would you feel if someone tossed a pebble at your office window once every second? The once a second comes from my estimation of what the always on option for pinging in the OS X Network Utility... That's all. Larry

Re: National Enquirer/was Re: Continuous pinging - affecting performance ???

2004-09-06 Thread Bob
The National Enquirer reports at 12:00 PM -0400 9/5/04, Donald Keenan wrote: On Sunday, September 5, 2004, at 10:52 AM, Bruce Johnson wrote: On Saturday, September 4, 2004, at 10:13 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At 08:08 PM -0600 09/02/2004, Bob wrote: The National Enquirer reports at

Re: Continuous pinging - affecting performance ???

2004-09-05 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Saturday, September 4, 2004, at 10:13 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At 08:08 PM -0600 09/02/2004, Bob wrote: The National Enquirer reports at 8:22 PM +0200 9/2/04, Larry le Mac wrote: However, sending the 64 bytes every second, how will that affect performance ? It's not your performance

National Enquirer/was Re: Continuous pinging - affecting performance ???

2004-09-05 Thread Donald Keenan
On Sunday, September 5, 2004, at 10:52 AM, Bruce Johnson wrote: On Saturday, September 4, 2004, at 10:13 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At 08:08 PM -0600 09/02/2004, Bob wrote: The National Enquirer reports at 8:22 PM +0200 9/2/04, Larry le Mac wrote: However, sending the 64 bytes every second,

Re: Continuous pinging - affecting performance ???

2004-09-04 Thread darm0k
At 08:08 PM -0600 09/02/2004, Bob wrote: The National Enquirer reports at 8:22 PM +0200 9/2/04, Larry le Mac wrote: However, sending the 64 bytes every second, how will that affect performance ? It's not your performance that should be of concern. This is not said in an accusatory manner, but it

Re: Continuous pinging - affecting performance ???

2004-09-03 Thread Bob
The National Enquirer reports at 1:46 PM +1000 9/3/04, Dana Sibera wrote: On 03/09/2004, at 4:22 AM, Larry le Mac wrote: In an attempt to keep my Mac/ADSL online all the time irrelevant of net activity I have now set Network Tool to continuously ping my ISP, seems to work... However,

Continuous pinging - affecting performance ???

2004-09-02 Thread Larry le Mac
In an attempt to keep my Mac/ADSL online all the time irrelevant of net activity I have now set Network Tool to continuously ping my ISP, seems to work... However, sending the 64 bytes every second, how will that affect performance ? I have a 512k ADSL connection. I presume not a lot... ??? Larry

Re: Continuous pinging - affecting performance ???

2004-09-02 Thread Bob
The National Enquirer reports at 8:22 PM +0200 9/2/04, Larry le Mac wrote: In an attempt to keep my Mac/ADSL online all the time irrelevant of net activity I have now set Network Tool to continuously ping my ISP, seems to work... However, sending the 64 bytes every second, how will that affect

Re: Continuous pinging - affecting performance ??? (P.S.)

2004-09-02 Thread Bob
I should have added that another option is to set your email client to check your email every 5 minutes or so. Does Apple's Mail app allow you to set the time interval for checking email? I know Eudora does. That will keep your connection alive. HTH, Bob -- G-Books is sponsored by

Re: Continuous pinging - affecting performance ???

2004-09-02 Thread Dana Sibera
On 03/09/2004, at 4:22 AM, Larry le Mac wrote: In an attempt to keep my Mac/ADSL online all the time irrelevant of net activity I have now set Network Tool to continuously ping my ISP, seems to work... However, sending the 64 bytes every second, how will that affect performance ? I have a 512k