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Ping? Pong! #94653 18/08/04 08:28 AM
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nicksoN N	Where does : Ping? Pong! stand for.... i know that u can hide it, but what is it ?

Re: Ping? Pong! #94654 18/08/04 08:44 AM
Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 143 Trois-Rivières, Canada G gemeau50 Vogon poet
gemeau50 Vogon poet G Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 143 Trois-Rivières, Canada	See : www.computerhope.com/jargon/p/pingpong.htm

Re: Ping? Pong! #94655 18/08/04 09:08 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 423 Cyberia P PastMaster Fjord artisan
PastMaster Fjord artisan P Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 423 Cyberia	Put simply... servers use pings to check that you are still online and functioning - your IRC client responds with a PONG so that you don't get disconnected. PM

Re: Ping? Pong! #94656 18/08/04 10:40 PM
Joined: Mar 2004 Posts: 457 Behind you D Danthemandoo Fjord artisan
Danthemandoo Fjord artisan D Joined: Mar 2004 Posts: 457 Behind you	why exactly is displaying it enabled by default? Its useless to the average user and just ends up confusing them.

Re: Ping? Pong! #94657 20/08/04 06:57 AM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 423 Cyberia P PastMaster Fjord artisan
PastMaster Fjord artisan P Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 423 Cyberia	Presumably to help a user work out when there's a problem - if the ping?pong!'s stop, a disconnect is on the way. Think of it as a hearbeat.... while its beating, everything's ok, when it stops, it's time to do some diagnostics PM

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