Re: [Freedos-user] Little Sister
Op 26-10-2010 17:30, Willi Wasser schreef: > A new version of the network monitoring program LANSTAT (aka "little sister") > is available and can be downloaded from here: > http://www.bttr-software.de/products/jhoffmann/. It now also provides for > logging, offers a considerably greater flexibility in the display layout and > provides many minor improvements in various details. > > But not only the program was improved, the documentation file as well. It is > now actually larger then the program itself, offering to those, who are not > afraid of reading a more elaborate text, some (hopefully) useful ideas about > the program's flexibility, the many ways to configure it and the various > purposes it can be used for. > > In addition the DOSUTILS packages (available from the same site) got a new > member: PRINTF an improved echo utility. Thanks for letting know there's an update. Those dos utils require a bit of studying to see how to apply them best if I ever get back to batchcode writing :) -- Nokia and AT&T present the 2010 Calling All Innovators-North America contest Create new apps & games for the Nokia N8 for consumers in U.S. and Canada $10 million total in prizes - $4M cash, 500 devices, nearly $6M in marketing Develop with Nokia Qt SDK, Web Runtime, or Java and Publish to Ovi Store http://p.sf.net/sfu/nokia-dev2dev ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
[Freedos-user] Little Sister
A new version of the network monitoring program LANSTAT (aka "little sister") is available and can be downloaded from here: http://www.bttr-software.de/products/jhoffmann/. It now also provides for logging, offers a considerably greater flexibility in the display layout and provides many minor improvements in various details. But not only the program was improved, the documentation file as well. It is now actually larger then the program itself, offering to those, who are not afraid of reading a more elaborate text, some (hopefully) useful ideas about the program's flexibility, the many ways to configure it and the various purposes it can be used for. In addition the DOSUTILS packages (available from the same site) got a new member: PRINTF an improved echo utility. ___ GRATIS! Movie-FLAT mit über 300 Videos. Jetzt freischalten unter http://movieflat.web.de -- Nokia and AT&T present the 2010 Calling All Innovators-North America contest Create new apps & games for the Nokia N8 for consumers in U.S. and Canada $10 million total in prizes - $4M cash, 500 devices, nearly $6M in marketing Develop with Nokia Qt SDK, Web Runtime, or Java and Publish to Ovi Store http://p.sf.net/sfu/nokia-dev2dev ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
Re: [Freedos-user] Little Sister
> You are getting closer, but you have still not really explained what it > actually does. > What does "monitor" mean? > What protocols does it support? > What network stacks? > What network services? > What kind of monitoring? > What kind of display? > What information is displayed? > Does it update continuously? > What statistics are gathered? > How are they output, to where? Well, reading (e.g. the documentation) is often helpful :-) Strictly spoken, LANSTAT doesn't touch the LAN at all. Rather it invokes other programs using them as "test agents", reads their output, classifies it as either "good" or "bad" and displays the collected results in a clearly arranged tabular manner on the screen. A typical example of such a "test agent" is the program "ping" and nearly any TCP/IP stack comes with such a utility. But any other program, which satifies certain requirements (which in-turn are further described in the documentation) can be used as well. The precize syntax for calling it and classifying its output is defined in a configuration file making LANSTAT very flexible. Therefore it is justified to say that the program can be used with virtually any network stack and any network protocol and many services. And yes, the information is updated continuously, no statistics are gathered, though i am thinking about adding a logging feature and the information is primarily output to the local screen, but optionally a html file can be generated, which in-turn can be made (globally) available by some kind of (external) HTTP server or directly via the LAN itself. ___ Neu: WEB.DE De-Mail - Einfach wie E-Mail, sicher wie ein Brief! Jetzt De-Mail-Adresse reservieren: https://produkte.web.de/go/demail02 -- Start uncovering the many advantages of virtual appliances and start using them to simplify application deployment and accelerate your shift to cloud computing http://p.sf.net/sfu/novell-sfdev2dev ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
Re: [Freedos-user] Little Sister
> I don't really use DOS any more, so I'm afraid I am unlikely to use > your tool; I am just trying to clarify what you are being asked for, > as you seem not to be getting it. He's getting it pretty good IMO. Additionally, there is this info: > Reading the file LANSTAT.TXT, which is included in the archive, might answer > certain questions. I did download the tool and it's not very difficult to understand what it does. There's absolutely no need to copy the tool's documentation to the FreeDOS mailing list. -- This SF.net Dev2Dev email is sponsored by: Show off your parallel programming skills. Enter the Intel(R) Threading Challenge 2010. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-thread-sfd ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
Re: [Freedos-user] Little Sister
On 7 September 2010 21:23, Willi Wasser wrote: >> to me it's still unclear what it is supposed to do and whether it >> works in (Free-)DOS at all, considering the shots you posted ;-( > > The program's purpose is to supervise a local area network (aka LAN). On a > single stand-alone computer without any network connection, it is indeed of > very little use. The program can constantly monitor the availability of > certain hosts (e.g. by pinging them) or certain services (by using other > "agents" like e.g. LPQ). You are getting closer, but you have still not really explained what it actually does. What does "monitor" mean? What protocols does it support? What network stacks? What network services? What kind of monitoring? What kind of display? What information is displayed? Does it update continuously? What statistics are gathered? How are they output, to where? I don't really use DOS any more, so I'm afraid I am unlikely to use your tool; I am just trying to clarify what you are being asked for, as you seem not to be getting it. -- Liam Proven • Info & profile: http://www.google.com/profiles/lproven Email: lpro...@cix.co.uk • GMail/GoogleTalk/Orkut: lpro...@gmail.com Tel: +44 20-8685-0498 • Cell: +44 7939-087884 • Fax: + 44 870-9151419 AIM/Yahoo/Skype: liamproven • MSN: lpro...@hotmail.com • ICQ: 73187508 -- This SF.net Dev2Dev email is sponsored by: Show off your parallel programming skills. Enter the Intel(R) Threading Challenge 2010. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-thread-sfd ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
Re: [Freedos-user] Little Sister
> to me it's still unclear what it is supposed to do and whether it > works in (Free-)DOS at all, considering the shots you posted ;-( The program's purpose is to supervise a local area network (aka LAN). On a single stand-alone computer without any network connection, it is indeed of very little use. The program can constantly monitor the availability of certain hosts (e.g. by pinging them) or certain services (by using other "agents" like e.g. LPQ). For larger operating systems, like WINDOWS or UNIX, such programs exist (e.g. "big brother" or "big sister" and others) but for DOS there seem to be not so very many ones. This one i developed under MS-DOS 6.22 but there are no Microsoft specific items involved, therefore i would expect it to run under any kind of DOS system (MS-/DR-/Free- what-so-ever). Well, it requires at least version number 3.1. I personly tried it (besides under "true" MS-DOS 6.22) in the "DOS-window" of Windows3.11, Windows98 and WindowsME, as well as under the "Command" window of WindowsNT. The first of the two screen-shots shows the program running in the "DOS-window" of Windows98, just because this was for me the easiest way to generate such a screen shot. Under "true" DOS it looks very much the same, just in full screen. The second screen-shot shows an example of the html file which the program can optionally create as well. BTW: Reading the file LANSTAT.TXT, which is included in the archive, might answer certain questions. Another option would be to just try it. It comes with a dummy configuration file, invoking a "fake" ping program, so this demo is ready to run, even on a computer without network connection. Of course this is not really useful, but it gives a first impression of its operation. ___ Neu: WEB.DE De-Mail - Einfach wie E-Mail, sicher wie ein Brief! Jetzt De-Mail-Adresse reservieren: https://produkte.web.de/go/demail02 -- This SF.net Dev2Dev email is sponsored by: Show off your parallel programming skills. Enter the Intel(R) Threading Challenge 2010. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-thread-sfd ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
Re: [Freedos-user] Little Sister
dos386 wrote: > to me it's still unclear what it is supposed to do and whether it > works in (Free-)DOS at all, considering the shots you posted ;- It is a LAN status monitor. It monitors the status of your LAN. ;-0 -- This SF.net Dev2Dev email is sponsored by: Show off your parallel programming skills. Enter the Intel(R) Threading Challenge 2010. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-thread-sfd ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
Re: [Freedos-user] Little Sister
> Sorry folks, no exciting pictures of my little sister here ;-) to me it's still unclear what it is supposed to do and whether it works in (Free-)DOS at all, considering the shots you posted ;-( -- ~~~ wow ~~~ -- This SF.net Dev2Dev email is sponsored by: Show off your parallel programming skills. Enter the Intel(R) Threading Challenge 2010. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-thread-sfd ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
[Freedos-user] Little Sister
Sorry folks, no exciting pictures of my little sister here ;-), i just want to direct your attention to my latest project: LANSTAT a LAN STATus monitor. Though it cannot compete with projects like "Big Brother" or "Big Sister", my "Little Sister" has got some interesting features too. It runs under (MS-)DOS (but can be used under Windows as well), is rather compact in size, yet very flexibly configurable. Therefore it can be used with virtually any networking software available for DOS and can do even more that just ping a number of hosts. Please feel free to download the package from here: http://www.bttr-software.de/products/jhoffmann/ and try it yourself. ___ GRATIS für alle WEB.DE Nutzer: Die maxdome Movie-FLAT! Jetzt freischalten unter http://movieflat.web.de -- This SF.net Dev2Dev email is sponsored by: Show off your parallel programming skills. Enter the Intel(R) Threading Challenge 2010. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-thread-sfd ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
