Re: [expert] Dial on Demand

[Eugene C. Zesch]

Fran Parker wrote:
> 
> Hi Bob and all,
> 
> Bob, this is excellent and works really well!
> Now if we could get it to initiate kppp ...so you could see
> the modem traffic .... and see throughput without looking
> at the log.  Haven't put it in the rc file yet...but works really
> well from the terminal so far.  We are testing it at the moment.
> 
> Thanks so much,
> Bambi
> 
Excellent set of instructions. 
As for as a quick check of modem traffic, I suggest kmodem which will
dock a little flashing icon on the taskbar just like in that GUI for
DOS. Get it from

http://rufus.w3.org/linux/RPM/suse/6.3/i386/suse/kpa1/kmodem-1.2.1-74.i386.html

I've found it works well in Mandrake.

Gene