Hi, An idea for a program for inclusion with future releases of NC: A "first aid" program, something that can diagnose problems you get with your internet connections, or at least something that can output some stuff to a file, like Genesis does when you connect. An example of where this could be useful is if you are on the net and notice that you keep get stalls. This could be attributed to several things, e.g. a slow server at the other end, poor dial up, modem being crap, poor phone line, overloaded seriual port etc.. This First Aid program could test the serial port at the speed you dial up to see whether it is too high, ping the remote servers etc.. All of this could be done using the various packages that come with NC, for instance you could use NetInfo to ping servers (or even just type ping xxxx into the shell =) and suchlike, but for the novice this would be an invaluable tool. I remember when I first got NC1.1 last January, the package worked fine, but I had loads of problems with the speed of my connection with my 56k modem - even now 18 months later I'm not entirely sure of what sometimes causes my connection to be really crap, although I have improved it by upgrading the modem and phone line etc. Actually this sounds a bit of a far fetched idea but it seemed a good idea at first so I may as well put it forward anyway. Yours, Isaac Abraham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> www.bigfoot.com/~eyesy/ _____________________________________________________________ NetConnect mailing list. To unsubscribe, send an 'unsubcribe' message to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
