FreeLists / openbeos / [openbeos] Re: ppp_server backround app or registrar add-on?

["Simon Taylor" <simontaylor1@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> Lars Hansson <Lars Hansson <lars-openbeos-misc@xxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:> 
> Axel Dörfler wrote:
> > > I think the deskbar replicant should be optional anyway (also for 
> > > dial-
> > > on-demand). And your local intranet replicant doesn't sound like 
> > > a 
> > > DUN 
> > > connection.
> > I think he means something like the "LAN" systray icon in XP. AFAIK
> > XP has one icon for every interface and it "lights up" when an 
> > interface 
> > is active.
> 
> Yes, exactly! Finally, somebody understands me. :)
> I prefer this behaviour over the BeOS one because the icon represents 
> the connection and thus it only exists when the connection exists.

I like the BeOS behaviour.

For those who don't know, when a DUN connection is not active, just a 
modem icon is shown. This allows a right-click to connect or edit the 
connection properties. When a connection is active, 2 arrows are shown 
on top of the icon, and they are coloured in to represented data being 
sent or received.

I have dial on demand enabled, but I still like to be able to connect 
manually with just a couple of clicks.

Axel's user-space net_server seems a good idea - this could also create 
deskbar replicants to show traffic on other network connections (like 
Win XP's monitors).

Simon