[H-GEN] Linux Dialup Configuration

Frank Brand fbrand at uq.net.au
Fri Feb 12 02:09:24 EST 1999


Doug Young wrote:

> Looks like my RedHat 5.2 is FINALLY able to dial out
> and establish a PPP session. Thanks to all who contributed
> gems of wisdom  Can anyone suggest how to get the O/S
> to show how long the connection has been up and give an
> indication of data flow rate ... or maybe suggest some basic
> online timer along the lines of NetMedic .... I have a fulltime
> connection so I don't need to keep track of hours but it would
> still be nice to compare how long this thing can stay
> connected in comparison with what I have been getting with
> Win9x (up to 2 weeks) and WinNT4 boxes (a few days at best).

X-ISP would do that for you. It is on the APC CD in the APC directory or
from the web page:-

http://users.hol.gr/~dbouras/

It would have saved all the drama in setting up ppp too!!

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Frank Brand
E-mail: fbrand at uq.net.au
Home Page: http://www.uq.net.au/~zzfbrand







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