# &applet; Applet Manual V&manrevision;

## 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 applet will display a dialog box to confirm the connection, as shown in fig-if-connect.

#### Connection Confirmation Dialog Box

Shows &applet; connection confirm dialog box.

Click on the Connect button if you want to connect to the internet. To cancel it, click Cancel.

#### Warning

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

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

  #### &applet; Applet While Awaiting Connection

  Shows &applet; applet while awaiting connection.

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

  #### &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 applet will display a dialog box to confirm the disconnection, as shown in fig-if-disconnect.

#### Disconnection Confirmation Dialog Box

Shows &applet; disconnection confirmation dialog box.

Click on the Disconnect button if you want to stop the connection. To keep connected, click Cancel.

## 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 fig-prefs-general.

#### General tabbed section

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

Display

- - Click on the Spin Box to specify the interval that the applet updates the display.

  - Click on the Show connect time and throughput check box option to select or deselect showing connect time and throughput of the modem.

  - Click on the Blink connection status when connecting check box option to select or deselect blinking connection status while connecting.

  Default:

  - Update every: 5 seconds

  - Show connect time and throughput: Shows deselected check box.

  - Blink connection status when connecting: Shows deselected check box.

Connections

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

  - To specify the disconnection command that the applet uses to disconnect, type the command in the Disconnection command text box.

  - Click on the Confirm connection check box option to select that applet will display a confirm connection dialog before dialup.

  Default:

  - Connection command: pppon

  - Disconnection command: pppof

  - Confirm connection: Shows deselected check box.

### Colors

The Colors tabbed section allows you to select colors for the display of modem status on the applet, as shown in fig-prefs-colors.

#### Colors tabbed section

Shows &applet; applet preferences dialog; connecting section.

Click on any color selector buttons to select colors for Receive Data, Send Data, Connection Status and Text display of the applet.

### Advanced

The Advanced tabbed section allows you to specify Modem options, as shown in fig-prefs-advanced.

#### Advanced tabbed section

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

Modem Options

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

  - To specify a lock file that the applet uses for the modem, type the path to the lock file in the Lock file text box.

  - Click on the Verify owner of lock file check box option to select or deselect verifying lock file ownership.

  - Click on the Use ISDN check box option to select or deselect or deselect using ISDN.

  Default:

  - Device: ppp0

  - Lock file: /var/lock/LCK..ttyS0

  - Verify owner of lock file: Shows deselected check box.

  - Use ISDN: Shows deselected check box.

## 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.