# &applet; Applet Manual V&manrevision;

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GNOME Documentation Project

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&applet; Applet Manual V&manrevision;
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GNOME Documentation Project

&applet; Applet Manual V2.0
July 2003

Chee Bin HOH cbhoh@mimos.my

GNOME Documentation Project

This manual describes version &appletversion; of &applet;.

## Feedback

To report a bug or make a suggestion regarding the &applet; applet or this manual, follow the directions in the GNOME Feedback Page.

## Introduction

### &applet; Applet

Shows &applet; applet. Contains a dial up button and modem status indicators.

The &applet; applet enables you to dial up to internet and monitor your modem status.

To add &applet; to a panel, right-click on the panel, then choose Add to Panel Internet &applet; . The layout of the &applet; applet varies depending on the size and type of panel in which the applet resides.

The &applet; applet is included in the gnome-applets package, which is part of the GNOME desktop environment. This document describes version &appletversion; of &applet; applet.

## Usage

### To Dial Up

To dial up, click on the Shows &applet; applet connect/disconnect button. button of the applet. The Connection Confirmation dialog is displayed. Click on the Connect button to connect to the internet.

Depending on the applet preferences setting, you are able to dial up or disconnect without confirmation. See for information about how to modify the properties of the &applet; applet.

- While connecting, the &applet; applet will display the status as shown in .

  #### &applet; Applet While Awaiting Connection

  Shows &applet; applet while awaiting connection.

- Once connected, the &applet; applet will display the status as shown in .

  #### &applet; Applet While Connected

  Shows &applet; applet connected.

#### Tip

Point to the applet, a tooltip will display the amount of data received and sent, and time connected to the internet.

### To Disconnect

To disconnect, click on the Shows connect/disconnect button. button of the applet. The Disconnection confirmation dialog is displayed. Click on the Disconnect button to stop the connection.

#### Warning

You might need to modify the connection and disconnection commands that the applet uses, see for information about how to modify the properties of the &applet; applet.

## Preferences

To modify the properties of &applet;, right-click on the applet, then choose Preferences from the popup menu.

### General

The General tabbed section allows you to modify the display and connections, as shown in .

#### General tabbed section

Shows &applet; applet; preferences dialog, general tabbed section

Display

  - Use the Spin box to specify the interval that &applet; applet updates the display.

  - Select the Show connect time and throughput option to show connection time and throughput of the modem.

  - Select the Blink connection status when connecting option to blink connection status when connecting.

Connections

  - To specify the command that &applet; applet uses to dial up, type the connection command in the Connection command text box.

  - To specify the command that &applet; applet uses to stop the connection, type the disconnection command in the Disconnection command text box.

  - Select the Confirm connection option to display a confirmation dialog box before dialup or disconnect.

### Colors

The Colors tabbed section allows you to specify colors for the display of the modem status on the applet.

Click on any color selector buttons to specify the colors.

### Advanced

The Advanced tabbed section allows you to specify Modem options, as shown in .

#### Advanced tabbed section

Shows &applet; applet preferences dialog; Advanced tabbed section.

Modem Options

  - To specify the modem device that &applet; applet uses, type the device name in the Device text box.

  - To specify the lock file that &applet; applet uses, type the path to the lock file in the Lock file text box.

  - Select the Verify owner of lock file option to verify the lock file ownership.

  - Select the Use ISDN option to use ISDN modem.

## About &applet;

&applet; was written by John Ellis (johne@bellatlantic.net) and Martin Baulig (martin@home-of-linux.org) for ISDN. To find more information about &applet;, please visit the The GNOME Applets website.

If you have some comments or suggestions regarding this application or documentation, need help, or want to report a bug, please contact us! Instructions for doing so are given in Reporting GNOME bugs and other feedback document, which you can find in the Help tab of Nautilus file manager.

This program is distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public license as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. A copy of this license can be found at this link, or in the file COPYING included with the source code of this program.