Hi all,
I need your help. It takes just a few moments on your Windows computer.
I need test data from a broad variety of network connection and ISP types to see
if a new Internet connection detection method will work or supplement the RAS
method used in v16-v18 now.
There's a tiny Win32 console app executable to run that outputs 2 or 3 lines of
text, at http://entropia.com/primenet/online.ex_ (28k). Download and rename it
from 'online.ex_' to 'online.exe'.
Copy and paste the results into a email directly to me, indicating:
- type of Internet connection (dialup modem, LAN, DSL, ISDN, etc.)
- output of program test run(s)
- if the connection was really open or not
- ISP connection method & if applicable, version
(direct, Windows dialup networking [DUN], AOL 4.0, Compuserve 3.0, etc.)
- web browsers & versions installed (Netscape 3, IE4.0, IE5, etc.)
- Operating system (Win95, Win98, NT 4.0 workstation or server)
For dial-up users, run it twice, once with the connection closed, and again with
your Internet connection established.
If you have a LAN and/or proxy connection, please also run it.
Thanks, everyone. Hopefully we'll cover enough network connection types to
determine its viability.
Regards,
scott
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