| Connection Verification Interval |
Interval (in seconds) between consecutive connection
checks. Obviously, the smaller this value, the faster DynamIP
will be aware of lost or newly established connections (on the other hand, smaller values
increase the load on your system). The value must be between 5
and 60. |
| IP Method |
Choose one of the following three methods:
 | Dynamic IP Address
(Winsock)
DynamIP tries to resolve your local host name and assumes that
you're online whenever the resulting IP address is different from 127.0.0.1. This is the
default method and it should work on most systems (incl. systems with
cable modems!). If DynamIP
does not start properly with this method (e.g. if the DynamIP
window does not show up within a few seconds after starting) or does not detect your IP
address when you are connected (i.e. DynamIP always shows
127.0.0.1 as your IP address) you might want to try the method Dynamic IP Address (RAS). |
In case your system has multiple IP addresses (e.g. because it is multi
homed) you can use the following additional options to customize DynamIP's
behavior in Winsock mode. Please note that these advanced options are only available if
you have the Winsock option selected. If your system has only one modem to connect to the
Internet and no network cards, there is absolutely no gain from changing the default
settings!
Adapter# (default value 0)
If Adapter# equals 0 DynamIP returns the first valid IP address of the
first adapter installed in your system.
If Adapter# equals -1 DynamIP returns the first valid IP address of the last
adapter installed in your system.
If Adapter# equals any other numerical value n
bigger than 1 DynamIP returns the first valid IP address of the
nth adapter installed in your system (e.g. if you enter 3 DynamIP
will return the IP address of the 3rd adapter installed in your system).
Include IP Mask (default
value x.x.x.x)
Use this field to define an IP address mask if you want DynamIP
to pick up particular IP addresses only. The IP address retrieved from the Winsock layer
(according to the Adapter# setting) must match all numerical parts of your mask (use x as
a place holder for any value).
Example 1
A mask of 196.100.57.x allows DynamIP to pick up any IP
address in the range 196.100.57.0, 196.100.57.1, 196.100.57.2, ..., 196.100.254,
196.100.57.255.
Example 2
If you want to pick up IP addresses from subnets starting with 238.245 only, you
would use a mask of 238.245.x.x in the include IP mask field.
Example 3
The default mask x.x.x.x accepts any IP address.
Notes
If DynamIP cannot find a valid IP
address for your system that also passes the include IP mask filter it automatically
assumes that you're offline (indicated by the IP address 127.0.0.1). Please be aware of
the fact that the exclude IP mask filter is stronger than the
include IP mask filter (hence, even if an IP address passes the include IP mask
filter it may still be rejected by the exclude IP mask filter).
Exclude IP Mask (default
value x.x.x.x)
Use this field to define an IP address mask if you want to prevent DynamIP
from picking up particular IP addresses. The IP address retrieved from the Winsock layer
(according to the Adapter# setting) will not match any numerical parts of your mask (use x
as a place holder for those parts of the IP address that you do not want to check).
Example 1
A mask of 196.100.57.x prevents DynamIP from picking up
IP addresses in the range 196.100.57.0, 196.100.57.1, 196.100.57.2, ...,
196.100.254, 196.100.57.255. This may be useful if you want to prevent DynamIP
from going into ONline mode if you connect to a particular ISP. You can also exclude your
LAN IP address with this mask so that DynamIP goes into ONline
mode only if your modem connection is active.
Example 2
If you want to exclude all IP addresses from subnets starting with 238.245, you
would use a mask of 238.245.x.x in the exclude IP mask field.
Example 3
The default mask x.x.x.x lets DynamIP accept all IP
addresses (because no numerical values are excluded explicitly).
Notes
If DynamIP cannot find a valid IP
address for your system because all of them are rejected by the exclude IP mask filter it
automatically assumes that you're offline (indicated by the IP address 127.0.0.1). Please
be aware of the fact that the exclude IP mask filter is stronger
than the include IP mask filter (hence, even if an IP address passes the include IP
mask filter it may still be rejected by the exclude IP mask filter).
| Dynamic IP Address
(RAS)
DynamIP checks whether you have active RAS connections going and
assumes that you're online whenever it finds such connections. This method should work if
you're on a LAN (w/ static IP) and have a dial-up connection going every now and then. If
you have more than one RAS connection and want DynamIP to pick
up a particular connection only, you can use the Winsock option (explained above) together
with the include IP mask filter. |
| Static IP Address
Use this option if you're on a LAN and your IP address never changes (you're basically
always online...). You can also use this option to force DynamIP
to a particular IP address should neither of the two other methods described above work on
your system. |
Static IP
Enter your static IP address here if you select the IP Method "Static IP
Address"; this field is disabled/ignored otherwise.
|
| Connect Sound |
Check this box if you want DynamIP
to play a sound file whenever the Connect Event occurs. You can choose any WAV file you
like. Clicking on the button "Connect Sound" will play the sound so that you can
test your settings. |
| Keep Alive |
If Keep Alive is checked DynamIP
will connect to the NTP server specified in the Time Tab
roughly every 2 minutes (DynamIP won't set your PC clock, it
will just connect to the NTP server in order to generate some traffic). This is useful if
your ISP disconnects you automatically after a certain time period without traffic. |
| Dial at Startup |
Check this box if you want DynamIP
to establish a RAS connection whenever you start DynamIP. |
| Show Dial Progress |
Check this box if you want DynamIP
to open up the progress window each time the RAS dialer gets activated (a side effect is
that DynamIP becomes the active application). If this box is
unchecked DynamIP will dial in the background. |
| Dial with Timer |
Check this box if you want DynamIP
to automatically connect/disconnect at certain times. Note that you must define the times
to connect/disconnect in the tab Time. |
| Move connected entry to top of
list |
Check this box if you want DynamIP
to automatically move the last connected entry to the top of the list. This way your
"bad" connections will move to the bottom of the list and DynamIP
won't waste time trying to establish a connection that won't go through anyway. |
| #1,
#2, #3, and #4 |
Check any box to activate the particular entry and then choose the
Dial-Up connection you want DynamIP to use when establishing a
RAS connection. If unchecked, DynamIP will not use the
particular entry even if it is a valid one. If your ISP (= Internet
Service Provider) has multiple phone numbers (or you
have multiple ISPs) you can define a Dial-Up connection for each phone number (or ISP).
This way DynamIP will behave as follows: it will first try to
establish a connection using your first active entry, and if this fails, DynamIP
will try your next active entry until a connection can be established.
Please note that DynamIP does NOT store your login/password combination for dial-up connections.
This information is provided by your dial-up networking environment. If for some reason
you want to override those settings, check out the information here. |
| Hide "Connect to" Window |
DynamIP can hide the annoying
"Connected to ..." window. Simply check the box and enter the name of the window
in the appropriate field (the name depends obviously on the language version of your
Windows95; the US version requires an entry of Connected to* where the star
"*" is a place holder for any sequence of characters...). |
| Hotkeys |
Define DynamIP for Connect and
Disconnect (enter the ASCII code of the key you want to press together with the CTRL key).
See additional info here. |
| Disconnect on Exit |
Check this box if you want DynamIP
to disconnect all your RAS connections whenever you exit DynamIP. |
| Disconnect
if Idle |
This option is only available
in Win95 and Win98! DynamIP
is capable of automatically terminating a connection whenever the traffic throughput falls
below a certain threshold value. If you check this box DynamIP
will terminate all your RAS connections whenever there is less than x KB/min traffic during a period of y mins. This option is
useful for unattended downloads of large files. DynamIP will
automatically disconnect you from the Internet once the download is done. If you uncheck
this option DynamIP will not terminate your connection based on
traffic throughput. |
| AutoReconnect |
Check this box if you want DynamIP
to automatically reestablish a dial-up connection whenever the connection was lost. If you
check this option you can leave the option Name
of Button to push unchecked and you don't have to specify the
button name. |
| Warning on Disconnect |
Check this box if you want DynamIP
to issue a warning (sound notification) if your connection breaks unexpectedly. |
| Name of "Reconnect"
Window |
If a connection is lost unexpectedly, DynamIP
can click a button for you so that the dialer kicks in or the "Reconnect" window
gets properly closed. The default value is Reestablish Connection. You can
use the star "*" as a placeholder for an arbitrary sequence of characters. |
| Name of Button to push |
Check this option to activate DynamIP's
reconnection handler. You can then select the button you want DynamIP
to click whenever a connection is lost and the "Reconnect" window pops up. The
default value is Reconnect... which will cause DynamIP to automatically redial and
reestablish the connection. You can use the star "*" as a
placeholder for an arbitrary sequence of characters. Use the ampersand "&"
if the button has underlined characters in its name (e.g. Connect would be
specified as &Connect). Important
Note:
If you checked "Dial with Timer" you should enter the value Cancel
into the field "Name of Button to push" in Tab DUN/RAS
(which will close the Win95 lost connection dialog) because DynamIP
is already set to reestablish your connection based on the timer settings. |
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