---
name: "wmppp"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "wmppp.app"
version: "1.3.2-2"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/wmppp"
---

# wmppp(1)

Graphically monitor the average PPP load

## 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* *\<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 *wmaker-dev@lists.windowmaker.org*.

This manpage was written by *Marcelo Magallon* *\<mmagallo@debian.org* for the *Debian Project*

## SEE ALSO

[**pppd**(8)](/pppd/8.md), [**pppstats**(8)](/pppstats/8.md), [**plog**(1)](/plog/1.md), [**pon**(1)](/pon/1.md), [**poff**(1)](/poff/1.md)