NAME
wmppp - Graphically monitor the average PPP load
SYNOPSIS
wmppp [OPTIONS]
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
- -geometry +XPOS+YPOS
-
initial window position
- -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.)
- -speed <cmd>
-
command to report connection speed
- -start <cmd>
-
command to connect
- -stop <cmd>
-
command to disconnect
- -ifdown <cmd>
-
command to redial
- -stampfile <path>
-
file used to calculate uptime
- -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. Note that these values will be overwritten by the corresponding command line options.
- 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 amount 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/ip-down.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 <[email protected]> and Antoine Nulle <[email protected]>, and it's based on work by Beat Christen <[email protected]> (asclock) and Michael Callahan <[email protected]>, Al Longyear [email protected] and Paul Mackerras <[email protected]> (pppstats).
Email regarding wmppp should be sent to [email protected].
This manpage was written by Marcelo Magallon <[email protected] for the Debian Project