wmppp.app(1)
NAME
wmppp - Graphically monitor the average PPP load
SYNOPSIS
wmppp [-display <display name>] [-t] [-u <update rate>] [-i <device>] [-h] [-v]
DESCRIPTION
wmppp.app displays a dynamic representation of the load on the PPP line
on a 64x64 miniwindow. It also starts and stops the connection and displays the time enlapsed since the it came up. The traffic on the interface is also monitored.
OPTIONS
- -display <display name>
- name of display to use
- -t sets the on-line timer to display MM:SS instead of the default
- HH:MM.
- -u <update rate>
- sets the frequency, in seconds, for updates to the display. Valid range is 1-10, default value is 5.
- -i <device>
- choose the net device (ppp1, ippp0, etc.) to monitor. (Note that this feature is EXPERIMENTAL and should be used with caution. Bug reports are welcomed.)
- -h displays a command line summary
- -v displays the version number.
CONFIGURATION
The configuration file (see below) may contain any of the following
key-value pairs. The format is key: value.
start The program that starts the connection
stop The program that stops the connection
- speed This program reports the speed of the connection. This program
- should output <speed>, that is, a number is expected and not the whole
- ifdown This program is run if the line goes down, and the stop program
- hasn't been run. (Redial program)
- stampfile
- The modification time of this file is used to calculate the amount of time the connection has been up. Something like touch <stampfile> should be run for this to work.
FILES
- /var/run/wmppp.ppp0
- this is the stamp file use to determine the ammount of time enlapsed since the connection came up. This file should be managed by the ip-up and ip-down scripts. On Debian systems, /etc/ppp/ip-up.d/00wmppp creates the file, and /etc/ppp/ipdown.d/00wmppp removes it.
- /etc/wmppprc
- System wide defaults
- $HOME/.wmppprc
- User defined settings
- /etc/wmppprc.fixed
- System wide fixed options, this overrides the user settings
AUTHORS
wmppp.app was written by Martijn Pieterse <pieterse@xs4all.nl> and Antoine Nulle <warp@xs4all.nl>, and it's based on work by Beat Christen <bchriste@iiic.ethz.ch> (asclock) and Michael Callahan <callahan@maths.ox.ac.uk>, Al Longyear longyear@netcom.com and Paul Mackerras <Paul.Mackerras@cs.anu.edu.au> (pppstats).
Email regarding wmppp should be sent to dockapps@windowmaker.kimitsu.com.
This manpage was written by Marcelo Magallon <mmagallo@debian.org for
the Debian Project