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<TITLE>TkGoodStuff Net</TITLE>
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</HEAD><BODY bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000" link="blue" vlink="purple" alink="red">
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<H1>TkGoodStuff Net</H1>
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<H2> Description </H2>
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The Net client is a dialup (PPP/SLIP/TERM) link status indicator and
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up/down toggler.
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<P>
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Clicking on the Net button instructs the Net client to toggle (open or
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close) the network link.
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<P>One possible way to have Net open a dial-in link (e.g., ppp or term)
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is to use the GUI program <a href="dialer.html">Dialer</a>, which is
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included in the tkgoodstuff distribution, to dial your modem and set
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up the link.</P>
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<P>The client periodically checks whether the link is up or down, and
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displays a "lit" up-arrow and/or "Net up", or an "unlit" down-arrow
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and/or "Net down" accordingly. The client checks the line status more
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frequently for a while after it executes a command to open or close
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the link.
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<P> By default, the label on the Net button, when connected, shows the
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elapsed time of the connection (up to 24 hours).
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The Net client also can periodically issue a "ping" command, which may
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be useful for keeping active a link that the remote host would
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disconnect if idle for too long.
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<H2>Invocation</H2>
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All parameters are adjustable in the preferences manager.
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<P> If the default doesn't work (give it a try), you need to specify a
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unix command to test whether the net is up (the command should return
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successfully (exit status zero) if the net is up, and otherwise. The
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default is
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<PRE> ifconfig | grep ppp <\PRE>
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You also may need to specify a command to get your IP address if you
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want to use the auto-ping feature. The command should return an
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address like "141.211.43.12". The default is:
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<PRE> ifconfig | grep inet.*P-t-P | sed s/inet.*r:// | sed s/P-t-P.*//
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<\PRE>
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