[Gllug] Can't connect to the Internet.

Xander D Harkness xander at harkness.co.uk
Mon Nov 11 11:04:16 UTC 2002



Dermot Moynihan wrote:

>Anybody know if there's a way to find out if I'm on the Internet without 
>actually clicking on a link. I often have to pick up the phone to listen to 
>see if I can hear a screeching modem :)
>Would be real sweet to have a little flashing icon of some sort.
>Anthing like that around for wvdial?
>Thanks
>Dermot.
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KDE and Gnome both have panel utilities that link to wvdial to connect 
and disconnect, some even have little extra buttons that calculate 
accumulative charges :-)

right click on your panel and have a look at what applets are available.

Cheers
Xander

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