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GateKeeper 2.2 for ppp2.2
GateKeeper is a graphical user interface control for ppp2.2.
RELEASE NOTES
When employing a FIFO as the communication mechanism between
GateKeeper and pppd, the syslog daemon (syslogd) is blocked
from writing until the first PPP connection. This behavior
is cured in this release, i.e. syslogd will work as soon as
GateKeeper is started. However, for syslogd to work right
from the start-up of the computer, you need to install
a little utility program. See README.openFifo.rtfd for details.
The necessary modifications for version 2.2 were incorporated
by Uli Zappe <uli@nexttoyou.de>.
2.2 was built on the latest stable release (2.1) of GateKeeper.
It is the last release which supports the 2.0 DNS based Dial
on Demand. If you want this feature you must download the DoD
version of the 2.0 distribution.
*Note that a wholly redesigned release 3.0 of GateKeeper is
currently available in Beta state (though not under active
development). GateKeeper 3.0 is tightly integrated with
ppp2.3 and can not be used as a GUI front-end to other ppp
packages. GateKeeper 3.0 and the integrated PPP daemon
communicate in a peer to peer fashion as necessary via Mach
RPC. See the GateKeeper 3.0 package for details.
DISTRIBUTION FILES
GateKeeper.2.2.s.tar.gz contains a source distribution
GateKeeper.2.2.NI.b.tar.gz contains a binary distribution
OVERVIEW
GateKeeper has the following significant features:
-- Dial on demand (triggered by NS Apps and UNIX tools)
-- GUI options file editor
-- Toolbar control
-- Inactivity timeout with sound warning.
-- Execute and check exit status of a preLink and a
preUnLink script prior to the respective operation.
-- displays pppStats
-- Capable of auto-launching pppd using defaults or using
information from a GateKeeper document
-- AutoRedial if provider's line is busy.
-- Manual Dial and login to a ppp provider without a script.
-- Persistent connection will redial and link to your
provider if the connection is unexpectedly dropped.
-- Compound document format for storing information necessary
to access an Internet Service Provider.
-- GUI status window.
-- App Icon shows session time.
-- Tri-state animated icon provides status feedback.
-- Preferences editor simplifies editing of ppp2.2 files.
-- Provides sound notification.
-- Captures and displays connection information
Comments, bug reports and suggestions should be sent to:
Uli Zappe
uli@nexttoyou.de
(if they refer to the 2.2 modifications for syslogd)
or
Felipe A. Rodriguez <far@ix.netcom.com>
These are the contents of the former NiCE NeXT User Group NeXTSTEP/OpenStep software archive, currently hosted by Netfuture.ch.