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 Here is a simple solution to keep alive a wateen connection if you are using a WIFI router, which are getting common with the rise of WIFI capable cell phones and devices.

Most wifi routers can be easily flashed to run this opensource linux operating system dd-wrt www.dd-wrt.com which transforms your cheap wifi router into a high end networking equipment. I used a dlink dir-300 worth around Pak Rs. 3500/-

Simply locate cron configuration under administration and configure as shown, now you can connect from any wireless device to find your internet always working as it is supposed to be. Without having a PC to run a software to keep the connection alive. =)

The text in the box is:

*/5 * * * * root wget -q -O /dev/null http://10.16.6.16/status > /tmp/wget1.log
*/20 * * * * root wget -q -O /dev/null http://www.google.com.pk > /tmp/wget2.log

For all Wateen WiMAX users out there in Pakistan, this small desktop utility will keep you logged in without having to relogin or to find out that your connection was down while you were trying to do something and gave up on it. It is very simple and just uses the web interface to log in and check uploaded and downloaded bytes which are shown on the screen, the green / red square is a status check to see if the connection is up or not. You have to define preferences for username, password, always autologin, and refresh time in seconds. Tested on Windows XP, Ubuntu 7.10, MacOS Tiger.
I also have a J2ME version to be used on WIFI enabled cell phones / PDAs but currently no preference changes are implemented so can not make it available for download, if I get more than 10 comments here asking for it, I’ll take out some time to implement it.

Download the desktop version here:

Screenshot for eye candy (click on image for full version):