From kde-devel Thu Jun 24 12:46:21 1999 From: Matt Koss Date: Thu, 24 Jun 1999 12:46:21 +0000 To: kde-devel Subject: Re: Announcement: Daemon for managing dialup internetconnections now X-MARC-Message: https://marc.info/?l=kde-devel&m=93023518100620 On ©t, 24 jún 1999, Bjoern.Kahl wrote: >Hallo ! > > I am the one, who wrote about a Connection-Manager 5 weeks ago. > (1999-05-15 according to kde-devel-list-archive) > > > After a closer look on what I have had at that time, I decided to > rewrite it from scratch. It took me more time than I expected, but > now it's done. > > I have successfully uploaded the whole stuff to my homepage at > > but I don't think it's the right place. Perhaps it can move to > kdenetworks. > > The software itself functions well, the documentation is still > incomplete and a mixture of English (most parts) and a few lines > German. Just have a look. Especially I am interested in your > opinion about the client-api. Hi, as you might know, I have started some work on ConnectionWatcher myself and I would like to know some things about your program. How does the user specify the type of the connection ? How does your program starts / stops connection ? Is it possible to set that the program will use e.g. kppp or kisdn for connecting ? My idea was to create a general Connection Watcher with a CORBA interface. Apps like kmail, konqueror, caitoo or icq clients would then only connect to the CORBA signal and they would get info when connected / disconnected. Interface definition would also contain methods for connecting and disconnecting. I have started some work on it using the code from Caitoo, and also created a kcm module for general configuration ( type of connection, time interval ). Dialog would also contain a preferred app for connecting ( this would require some cooperation on kppp / kisdn side ). I am not saying that we need to use the code from Caitoo ( taken from ifconfig ), if you NetworkManager works ok. I just hope that the functionality will be similar. Ciao Matt > > > Short description: > > (see: ) > The NetworkManager (NetMgr) is a client-server-system written in > C. Its main purpose is to controll a dialup internetconnection > so that multiple users (or programmes) can share one physical > link with eachother without interfering with eachother (like one > brings the link down, while the other one still wants to use it). > It provides its functionality via a link library. This library > contains six functions, allowing a programme to register with > the server, request the internetlink to come up or down, and to > query the server about the status of the internet link. > > Just have a look, and let me know, what you think about it. > > > Bjoern > >-- >+-------------------------------------------------------------+ >| Björn Kahl +++ | >| Raum : II 204 +++ Tel. +49 431 880 3934 | >| Institut für Experimentelle und Angewandte Physik, Uni Kiel | >+-------------------------------------------------------------+ -- Matej Koss e-mail: koss@napri.sk Kosice ICQ# : 19344305 Slovakia