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Data Communication and Host Modes

Rev 3.0B Feb.08 50

Figure 6-5: AceManager : Other

• *IPPINGsetstheinterval,inminutes,youwantKeepalive

totestthenetworkconnection.TodisableKeepalive,set

*IPPINGto0(defaultsetting).

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.

• *IPPINGADDRsetstheIPaddressyouwanttouseforthe

connectiontest.

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

Keepaliveisanoptionalfeature.Ifyoufrequentlypass data

withyourmodem,youmostlikelydonotneedtohave

Keepaliveenabled.WhenusingKeepalive,beawarethata

pingmovesapproximately66bytesofdataoverthenetwork

andisbillablebyyourcellularprovider.Thefollowing

*IPPINGsettings

willincurapproximatemonthlydatausage

inadditiontoanyotherdatausage:

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