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properly.Ifitdeterminestheconnectionisnotfunctioning,the
modemwillthenattempttoreconnecttoTELUStoreestablish
IPconnectivity.
Configuring Keepalive
InAceManager,theKeepalivesettingsarepartoftheOther
group.
Figure 6-7: AceManager : Other
• *IPPINGsetstheinterval,inminutes,youwantKeepalive
totestthenetworkconnection.TodisableKeepalive,set
*IPPINGto0(defaultsetting).
Note: 15 minutes is the minimum time which can be set for Keepalive.
If you set *IPPING for a value less than the minimum, the minimum
value will be set.
• *IPPINGADDRsetstheIPaddressyouwanttouseforthe
connectiontest.
Caution: If *IPPINGADDR is left blank or is set to an invalid IP
address (example, an IP which is unreachable or one which is not a
valid IP address), modem performance will be adversely affected.
Data usage using Keepalive
Keepaliveisanoptionalfeature.Ifyoufrequentlypass data
withyourmodem,youmostlikelydonotneedtohave
Keepaliveenabled.WhenusingKeepalive,beawarethata
pingmovesapproximately66bytesofdataoverthenetwork