This application enables you to manage different aspects of your dial-up networking sessions including the ability to:
- Perform basic dial-up commands such as Dial, Hang up, and Verify.
- Keep you connected to your host.
- Monitor your time usage and fees.
HOW DOES IT WORK?
This application keeps you connected by querying the status of the connection and reconnecting you if necessary. While you are connected, the program simulates network activity to fool the host's idling time-out detector.
The program anchors its icon in the system tray which, by default, is located at the bottom right of your desktop, and contains the system clock. You may invoke the application menu by right-clicking on the icon.
MENU
- Show/Hide: Toggle the visibility of the application window.
- Start/Stop: Start or stop the service.
- Stop & Hang up: Stop the service and hang up if applicable.
- Help: Display this window.
- About: Display information about this product.
- Close: Exit the application.
APPLICATION WINDOW
- Hide: Hide the window.
- Start (or Stop): Start or stop the service.
- Apply: Apply any changes made to the current tab.
- Help: Display this window.
- Clear Log: Empty the log window.
OPTIONS
- Phone entry: Currently selected Dial-Up Networking connection.
- User: User name to use for login.
- Password: Password for the specified user.
- Domain: Domain name of server (if applicable).
- IP address: Display IP address of current connection.
- Dial-Up Server: Display IP address of current dial-up server.
- Dial: Connect.
- Hang up: Disconnect.
- Verify: Log the connection status.
- Signal: Send a dummy signal via the network.
TIPS
- Session settings must be created in Windows Dial-up Networking while the program is not
running. The next time you start, the new session will be in the list.
- If you are connected, you must Stop then Hang up to prevent the program from dialing again.
- The application starts in the same state it was in when closed previously.
- The log deletes the oldest events to maintain a 250 entry capacity.
- The application icon changes to reflect the current session status.
- Double-clicking the icon in the system tray toggles the visibility of the window.
EXAMPLE
(A) You would like to connect to your Internet provider, and keep the connection alive to allow a friend to download certain files from your computer, while you go run some errands. You know from your Internet provider that your computer gets disconnected whenever a 10 second idle period is detected on the line:
1- Select the phone entry corresponding to your provider.
2- Enter the user name and password your provider has assigned you.
3- Go to the "Connection" tab.
4- Enter 9 in the "Verify the connection..." and the "Send a signal..." text fields.
5- Press the "Start" button if the service is not already running.