determining network settings (on mac)

[Rodney Tamblyn]

> I would like a stack to check periodically to see if there is an active
> online connection. What is the best way to do that?

I'm not aware of a way to do this. The only exception would be if autodial
was disabled or you are connecting to a proxy server with autodial disabled
- attempting to reach a URL should give you an error message. But most

cases it will simply dial up automatically.

On the Mac you can check the status (and a number of other things) of a PPP connection with the Remote Access Commands OSAX:

-- requires Remote Access Commands OSAX
-- log PPP status
--{state:"idle", �class RAae�:false, seconds connected:0, seconds remaining:-1, user name:"", server name:"", message:"Idle.", protocol:"unknown", baud:"", �class RAis�:true, bytes in:0, bytes out:0}
display dialog the state of (PPP status)

You should be able to determine IP settings via Applescript using the Network Scripting Setup (it's a faceless background application only accessable via Applescript). There is an Applescript Help Guide module on Apple's web site which explains how to access network settings using this software.

R.



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Rodney Tamblyn
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