Topic 'Pinging is expressly prohibited' in forum 'Earthlink Cable' - dslreports.com http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Pinging-is-expressly-prohibited-5494584 en Wed, 23 Mar 2022 15:07:25 EDT Wed, 23 Mar 2022 15:07:25 EDT Re: Pinging is expressly prohibited http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Pinging-is-expressly-prohibited-5500570 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Pinging-is-expressly-prohibited-5500570 Tue, 31 Dec 2002 21:13:17 EDT Re: Pinging is expressly prohibited http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Pinging-is-expressly-prohibited-5494985
Many ISPs would disconnect you after 30 minutes or so of inactivity. An easy way around that is to set your e-mail client to check for new messages every 10-15 minutes. :)
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-= Mindspring MaxDSL via Covad 1536/384 TeleSurfer Pro =-]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Pinging-is-expressly-prohibited-5494985 Tue, 31 Dec 2002 12:50:22 EDT Pinging is expressly prohibited http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Pinging-is-expressly-prohibited-5494584
"n. Long Connections and Multiple Logins. Using a personal account for high volume or commercial use is prohibited. The Services are intended for periodic, active use of email, newsgroups, file transfers, Internet chat, games, and browsing the World Wide Web. Members may stay connected so long as they are actively using that connection for the above purposes. Members may not use the Services on a standby or inactive basis in order to maintain a connection. Pinging is expressly prohibited. Accordingly, EarthLink maintains the right to terminate any member's connection following any extended period of inactivity as determined by EarthLink."

The sentence about pinging is rather strong. Taken out of context it means I can't do a traceroute, test a connection, or use some of DSLR's tools to test my connection. In the context of the paragraph I think they are saying we can't use pings as a keepalive but the whole paragraph doesn't mean much to a cable connection. I know pings can be abused as in DOS attacks or scanning for hacking purposes but since pings have legitimate uses "expressly prohibited" seems a bit out of place. Would someone care to clarify this?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Pinging-is-expressly-prohibited-5494584 Tue, 31 Dec 2002 12:13:11 EDT