5/22/96
Ponger version 2.0
Copyright (c) 1995, 1996 Savant Software

Ponger was spawned by a need to keep dial-up Internet connections alive. 
I noticed that if I was not active on my connection for about 7 minutes 
my ISP's server would drop the connection. 
This was aggravating when viewing large documents, since I might want 
to continue on another doc.

By running Ponger after getting connected you will be able to keep 
your connection alive without any activity on your part for as 
long as you like ( barring phone line problems, of couse ). 
Tests have run successfully for several hours.

Services supported:
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Pong uses a pseudo-ping to tag the host at the user selected 
interval ( 60 sec is default ). I found that a real ping would not 
work with all winsock dlls since they don't all support raw sockets.

The Daytime service  hits the host and displays the returned
string. This tags the host but does something more useful than Pong.

The Time service sets the PC's clock and displays the time. Be sure to
set the TimeZone or your system clock will be off.

Ponger16.exe is a 16 bit client ( yes, it works fine w/ Win95 ).
Ponger32.exe is the 32 bit client ( which requires Win95 or NT ).


To install:
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1) Run the setup utility. Select the dir and group you would like 
   ponger installed in. ( NOTE: long file names not supported yet. ) 
   You should see the files get copied, the group built and the icon
   placed in the group.
	
2) Double click the ponger icon.

3) Set the host name to that of your ISP. Select the service you want.
   Click Autostart if you want ponger to hit the go button for you in 
   the future, and Hit the GO button...



TO THOSE EXPERIENCING TROUBLE:
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First try ponger by itself (ie. no other applications running ). 
Then try one application at a time to determine if one or more apps
are conflicting with ponger.
If a conflicting app is found check to see if it uses BWCC.DLL or
BWCC32.DLL. If this is the case copy the version of BWCC from the 
Ponger disk over the offending older version. Then try the test again.


Please submit any bug reports to..   savant@foothill.net
If you find GPF's please Email me and I will probably send tools to help 
locate the problem.
Thanks in advance to those willing to help....


If the installer appears not to work:
1) Make sure that no other applications are running.
2) Search your disk for an older version of BWCC.DLL, and replace 
   it with the version included on the install disk. 
3) Retry the installation.


Thanks for registering Ponger.
