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		croak $@;
	}
	
	if ( ($disconnect > 0) && ($self->{'persistent'} <= 0) )  {
		$self->_disconnect();
	}
}


##
## Send a keepalive (new line character), do not do any error checking here
## Useful if 'persistent' is enabled, but still it's up to you to call the keepalive in time before session times out
##
sub keepalive()  {
	my ($self) = shift;
	
	if ($self->{'session'})  {
		eval  {
			$self->{'session'}->cmd(" ");
		};
	}
}

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	starttime			timestamp of the first time do_accounting() was called
	lastpolltime		timestamp of the last time do_accounting() was called
	totalpolls			number of times do_accounting() was called
	totalbytes			total number of bytes seen for every time do_accounting() was called
	totalpackets		total number of packets seen for every time do_accounting() was called
	totalpolledlines	total number of lines that was parsed and aggregated
	totalskippedlines	total number of lines that were skipped (headers etc.)
	uniquehostpairs		total number of unique host pairs that were seen

=item keepalive()

If you have a persistent connection but you're only calling do_accounting() every 5 minutes for example then you might receive
a connection timeout.
This can be solved by sending a keepalive every 30 seconds for example.
The keepalive just sends a newline character to the remote host avoiding a connection timeout.

	$acct->keepalive()

=back

=head1 SUPPORTED DEVICES

At the moment only telnet connections are supported, not SSH.

All Cisco routers and switches that support 'IP Accounting'. Make sure that you have enable permissions and in configure permissions in
case you're enabling or disabling IP Accounting on interfaces.