[mknabe]

Hey.

I am considering getting a Blackberry Bold. But before I buy it I would like to know if it's possible to activate ICMP echo reply in the settings. I need the device to accept incoming ping requests in order to constantly keep my wifi connection going (@university).

Does anybody know if wifi can be configured like this?


Thank you,
mknabe

[mknabe]

Nothing?

Nobody can take a quick look into the WiFi settings of his/her Bold and answer my question?

[smoothweb]

From my machine to the phone....

hani@dangermouse:~$ ping 192.168.1.5
PING 192.168.1.5 (192.168.1.5) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from 192.168.1.5: icmp_seq=1 ttl=128 time=263 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.1.5: icmp_seq=2 ttl=128 time=471 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.1.5: icmp_seq=3 ttl=128 time=286 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.1.5: icmp_seq=4 ttl=128 time=311 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.1.5: icmp_seq=5 ttl=128 time=322 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.1.5: icmp_seq=6 ttl=128 time=342 ms
^C
--- 192.168.1.5 ping statistics ---
6 packets transmitted, 6 received, 0% packet loss, time 5027ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 263.779/333.076/471.139/66.684 ms
hani@dangermouse:~$


Hope this helps
Hani

[Chahal03]

let me just call geek squad and tell them that someone escaped their cage.....

[mknabe]

Very helpfull Chahal03...

[skyjackal]

Mine also accepts and replies to ping from my pc.

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[Branta]

It will keep the connection 'alive' but persistent data traffic will have an impact on battery life if the challenge is frequent. You might find it is more effective to allow the connection to drop, and reestablish the link when it is required.