Dial-Up Networking Monitor v2.

0 Copyright 1997 Jon Grieve About ----Dial-Up Networking Monitor shows a graph and statistics of the current Dial-Up N etworking connection, including the current throughput and total, maximum and average byte s sent and received.

Installation -----------Dial-Up Networking Monitor doesn't have an installation program. All that's req uired is the program itself (DUNMon.exe) and the VB5 Runtime DLL (MSVBVM50.DLL). If the runtime file is not present Dial-Up Networking Monitor will not start. The runtime file can be downloaded from my homepage (URL below) or from Windows95.com (http://www.window s95.com). Once downloaded, put the runtime file into the Windows\System directory and DUNM on.exe into the directory of your choice. Then, create the usual shortcuts for your De sktop and Start Menu. Usage ----DunMon will only start logging the throughput on the current Dial-Up connection when it finds an established connection. This means you can, for example, run DunMon pr ior to firing up your connection and it will not come to life until the connection is m ade. It will also stop logging when that connection is dropped. This means that the fig ures are valid for the whole Dial-Up 'session', and the totals, maximum and average f igures will make sense. If you fire up another connection, it will come back to life a nd continue logging. If you fire up DunMon while a connection is already active, it will start loggin g at that point - so the totals, maximum and average will only be since DunMon was started . In this situation, the connection time will be shown with a '>' symbol (showing the connection time is greater than the time shown). Known Issues -----------** IMPORTANT **

In order for Dial-Up Networking Monitor to function, the latest version of DialUp Networking MUST be installed -- the version that ships with Windows 95 (Gold or SP1) and Windows 95b/OSR2 cannot be used. To obtain the updated version, download the Dial-Up Networking v1.2 Update (aka PPTP for Windows 95) from the Microsoft Web site. The download location for this upd ate has moved many times in the past, so I put the latest download location on my homepa ge, at: http://www.southdown.co.uk/users/jgrieve/dunmon.htm ** IMPORTANT ** In some installations, Dial-Up Networking Monitor requires updated system DLLs. This becomes apparent when you load Dial-Up Monitor and receive the following message s: "The file MSVBVM50.DLL is linked to the the exported routine OLEAUT32.DLL:421 wh ich is not present" To fix this, download the following file from my homepage and unzip into your \Windows\System directory: http://www.southdown.co.uk/users/jgrieve/oleupd.zip (265k) "Run-time error '453'. Can't find DLL entry point IntitCommonControlesEx in com ctl32.dll" To fix this, download the following file from my homepage and unzip into your \Windows\System directory: http://www.southdown.co.uk/users/jgrieve/comctl32.zip (183k) ** IMPORTANT ** On Windows NT, Dial-Up Monitor uses the Performance Monitor counters to monitor the RAS throughput. This can cause problems when other applications need to modify the counters database -- normally when adding or removing applications (for example, when ins talling or removing Exchange Server). You may need to unload Dial-Up Monitor to release co ntrol of the counters when installing, removing or configuring some applications. Revision History ---------------v2.0 - Interface changes: - Application is now 'system tray' based. - Graph window uses far less screen space and has options to show/hide everyth ing. - Graph colours now user-definable. Scale, Markers, etc. can be hidden. - Detail level of graph is configurable. - AutoShow/Hide of graph window when connected/disconnected.

- AutoShow/Hide of statistics window when connected/disconnected. - Left-click on tray icons brings up Dial-Up Networking Dial/Hangup options. - Added support for NT Server and Workstation v4.0 (v3.5x not tested). - Added support for non-English versions of Windows 98. - Figures can be updated at different intervals (0.5, 1, 2, 5 or 10 seconds). - Sound support. Play sounds when connected, disconnected and when connection i s idle. - Option to load when Windows is started (Windows 95 only). - Information window shows version of Winsock and TCP/IP details (Handy for dyna mic IP address). - Works correctly with common controls library (COMCTL32.DLL) prior to IE3/4 ver sions. - Fixed bug where Average figures would go negative if connection went past midn ight. - Fixed bug where Graph/Statistics windows would not re-display correctly in Win dows 98. v1.0b3 - Supports Dial-Up Networking v1.2 - Interface changes: - Tabbed details - splitting graph and statistics onto separate tabs. - Window is now sizable! - Averages now shown on graph. - Averaging of throughput (to 100s of second) produces much smoother graph. - Homepage moved to www.southdown.co.uk v1.0b2 - First public beta. - Added support for 'skipped' seconds where, for example, a 16-bit application w ould suspend the timer and DUNMon would only get to update it's graph/data after 'n' seconds (where n is anything greater than 1). In this situation, DUNMon wi ll graph an average of the throughput over the skipped period. v1.0b1 - Initial (non-public) beta release. Credits ------Many thanks to my older brother Andrew Grieve for his feedback on the initial re lease. Contact ------The latest version will be available on my homepage, at: http://www.southdown.co.uk/users/jgrieve E-mail me, at: jgrieve@southdown.co.uk