[H-GEN] Forward From Bounce

[Bruce Campbell]

Forward from bounce.



Date: Fri, 12 Feb 1999 14:04:01 +1000
From: Martin Pool <martin.pool at mincom.com>
Organization: Mincom Pty Ltd
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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).

Have a look through the tools indices on www.freshmeat.net, www.gtk.org
and www.gnome.org.

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