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November 1 , 2010 - Turboping BAT utility . ...updated Dec 2,2010.

- This is a small DOS 32-bit utility that will ping a remote address. This is used to "keep alive" an internet connection on the Bell Turbohub (Ericsson W35).
- It currently (Nov 1, 2010) pings the IP used by www.bell.ca.
- The default packet size is 32 bits.
- A timout of more than two seconds will result in the DOS CMD screen switching from   blue    to    red.   A message will then be issued every ten seconds intil the timout issue is resolved, at which point the screen will switch back to  blue. 
- The retry time of ten seconds is dependent on a NONEXISTENT ip address. Currently, 10.10.222.222 has been arbitrarily chosen for this purpose.
- Requirements: MS Windows 2000, XP, Vista or Win-7

Notes/updates:
2010-11-01 - I've recently noticed that the Bell.ca ip-address eventually does not reply to pings, even though the http port-80 is still working.
Another IP address may have to be used. Stay tuned...

2010-11-02 -This MAY be due to Bell deciding that, if enough people are pinging this particular IP address, the system suspects it's a DoS attack, and ping replies are then shut down. In such case, I'll develop a series of randomly picked IP address to be pinged. Stay tuned.

2010-12-02 - The TurboPing batch file "turboping.bat" has been modified to have TWO optional parameters: Thus, if you enter "turboping" at a Windows (DOS) CMD prompt without any parameters, it will issue 32-bit packets every 2 seconds.
Entering "turboping 64" will send 64-bit packets every 2 seconds.
Entering "turboping 48 5" will send 48-bit packets every 5 seconds.


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