Is there any GUI-based software for timing how long one has been
connected to dialup? I have found wvdial but I need something for a
less technical user. Thanks in advance.
On Tue, Nov 04, 2008 at 10:02:35PM +0200, Dotan Cohen wrote:
> Is there any GUI-based software for timing how long one has been
> connected to dialup? I have found wvdial but I need something for a
> less technical user. Thanks in advance.
Its not GUI, but a simple way would be to add a script to the -up and
-down ppp directories that just puts the output of date to the end of a
file with a comment like "dialup on" and "dialup off". Let the less
technical user be able to read this file and they can do the math.
Doug.
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11-05-2008, 07:48 AM
"Dotan Cohen"
Dialup connection timer
2008/11/5 Douglas A. Tutty <dtutty@vianet.ca>:
> On Tue, Nov 04, 2008 at 10:02:35PM +0200, Dotan Cohen wrote:
>> Is there any GUI-based software for timing how long one has been
>> connected to dialup? I have found wvdial but I need something for a
>> less technical user. Thanks in advance.
>
> Its not GUI, but a simple way would be to add a script to the -up and
> -down ppp directories that just puts the output of date to the end of a
> file with a comment like "dialup on" and "dialup off". Let the less
> technical user be able to read this file and they can do the math.
>
> Doug.
>
Thanks, Doug, but this would not work in the case of accidental
disconnects, which are frequent with dial-up.
On Wed, Nov 05, 2008 at 10:48:33AM +0200, Dotan Cohen wrote:
> 2008/11/5 Douglas A. Tutty <dtutty@vianet.ca>:
> > On Tue, Nov 04, 2008 at 10:02:35PM +0200, Dotan Cohen wrote:
> >> Is there any GUI-based software for timing how long one has been
> >> connected to dialup? I have found wvdial but I need something for a
> >> less technical user. Thanks in advance.
> >
> > Its not GUI, but a simple way would be to add a script to the -up and
> > -down ppp directories that just puts the output of date to the end of a
> > file with a comment like "dialup on" and "dialup off". Let the less
> > technical user be able to read this file and they can do the math.
>
> Thanks, Doug, but this would not work in the case of accidental
> disconnects, which are frequent with dial-up.
Are you saying that /etc/ppp/ip-down isn't run if you unplug the phone
wire? I've never had that problem. As for handling accidental
disconnects, there's the pppd persist option.
Doug.
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11-05-2008, 05:35 PM
"Dotan Cohen"
Dialup connection timer
2008/11/5 Douglas A. Tutty <dtutty@vianet.ca>:
> Are you saying that /etc/ppp/ip-down isn't run if you unplug the phone
> wire? I've never had that problem. As for handling accidental
> disconnects, there's the pppd persist option.
>
Er, I really don't know! I'll pass that info on, thanks!
Dotan Cohen writes:
> Thanks, Doug, but this would not work in the case of accidental
> disconnects...
Yes it would. The scripts in ip-down.d run when the link goes down for any
reason.
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11-05-2008, 06:01 PM
Hugo Vanwoerkom
Dialup connection timer
Dotan Cohen wrote:
Is there any GUI-based software for timing how long one has been
connected to dialup? I have found wvdial but I need something for a
less technical user. Thanks in advance.
http://packages.debian.org/sid/wmppp.app
exists in all distributions.
Right now mine shows 00:00 and just now the connection bit the dust:
Nov 5 13:00:09 debian pppd[22747]: Script /etc/ppp/ip-up finished (pid
23040), status = 0x0
Hugo
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11-05-2008, 09:14 PM
Sjoerd Hiemstra
Dialup connection timer
Dotan Cohen wrote:
> Is there any GUI-based software for timing how long one has been
> connected to dialup? I have found wvdial but I need something for a
> less technical user. Thanks in advance.
pppcost seems to be what you are looking for.
Haven't tried it though.
There's a screenshot here:
http://freshmeat.net/projects/pppcost/
The Debian package on this page is an older version.
Download of newer pppcost + required pppcounter is here:
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11-05-2008, 09:25 PM
John Hasler
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Dotan Cohen wrote:
> Is there any GUI-based software for timing how long one has been
> connected to dialup? I have found wvdial but I need something for a
> less technical user. Thanks in advance.
You might look at pppstatus.
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11-05-2008, 09:30 PM
Carl Johnson
Dialup connection timer
"Dotan Cohen" <dotancohen@gmail.com> writes:
> 2008/11/5 Douglas A. Tutty <dtutty@vianet.ca>:
> > On Tue, Nov 04, 2008 at 10:02:35PM +0200, Dotan Cohen wrote:
> >> Is there any GUI-based software for timing how long one has been
> >> connected to dialup? I have found wvdial but I need something for a
> >> less technical user. Thanks in advance.
> >
> > Its not GUI, but a simple way would be to add a script to the -up and
> > -down ppp directories that just puts the output of date to the end of a
> > file with a comment like "dialup on" and "dialup off". Let the less
> > technical user be able to read this file and they can do the math.
>
> Thanks, Doug, but this would not work in the case of accidental
> disconnects, which are frequent with dial-up.
The gkrellm program includes a networking timer which can connect to
ppp, so that will work. It also has a number of other functions, so
it may be overkill for just a dialup timer. It may have the same
problem with disconnects, but it does total time and bytes for days,
weeks, and months.
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