Eco PPP

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Download: http://archive.info-mac.org/inet/conn/p ... ppp-as.hqx

Hi there!

I just wanted to submit to your sagacity an Applescript applet that
I wrote a month ago to fix what might be known as a Mac PPP "bug or
feature". It seems that lots of Mac PPP users sometimes have auto initiated
PPP connections, which can be painful if you're out for the day (and if
your IP provider charges a lot for extra hours).

So instead of trying to find out the reason (I am an as
enthusisatic Mac
user than a poor programmer), I wrote an applet, thinking also of people
who need regular reminders to keep their dialup IP bill acceptable.

This freeware "PPP watchdog" applet is called Eco PPP. It is aimed
to monitor unexpected or too long PPP connections, and is provided with all
necessary osaxen (I got written permission from their authors). It relies
on an alert dialog popping up after a selectable PPP open timeout: hence
the user can choose between closing PPP, dismissing until next time, or
choose a delay before next alert. But if nobody's here (case of an
"unexpected" connection), Eco PPP performs a PPP (hard) close itself,
updates a log, and opens it for you to be aware of what went on in your
back while you return to your machine.

Eco PPP is open, which means it is editable, configurable, and
quite commented, hence useful for learning from sample code.

Eco PPP has been uploaded on eWorld as on the AppleScript archive site:

ftp://gaea.kgs.ukans.edu/applescript/sc ... PP.sit.hqx

May you find here enclosed a copy of Eco PPP, case you'd like to review it
or simply upload it on info-mac and umich.

Best regards from France,

Phil