ze>On Fri, 27 Jun 2003 23:05:47 +0700
ze>Constant Brouerius van Nidek
ze>wrote:
ze>>I am using Gkrellm in order to see if any activity is
ze>going
ze>>on on my modem during the connection. Kinternet is for
ze>me
ze>>also an indication that the connection is working.
ze>>Are there other possibilities to keep an eye on what
ze>is
ze>>going on during a session with my isp?
ze>>From some Dos email programs I am still using I see
ze>all
ze>>email passing by on the screen and see when the
ze>download is
ze>>stuttering. I would like to have something analogue on
ze>>SuSE. Just seeing my email moving in or out. I am now
ze>using
ze>>postfix and fetchmail but they work somewhere in the
ze>>background and I have no chance of seeing what is
ze>happening.
ze>I just tested a program called pkdump
ze>http://pkdump.sourceforge.net/pkdumpage.html
ze>It labels itself as a port-scan-detector, but it will
ze>show in realtime all traffic on ppp0.
Will give it a try.
ze>I would watch you firewall logs too, maybe someone is
ze>Run a dedicated line from your modem to the phone
ze>connection point
ze>in your house, and avoid all connectors, use a straight
ze>line, preferably with
ze>shielded phone cable. Route it away from all electric
ze>motors, flouescent lights, etc.
Thanks for the ideas. By the way, how does a shielded phone
cable look like? Never seen one here. Even the lines that
the telephone company is using seems to be unshielded. At
least from the pole in front of my house to the house.
And for the case of knowing whether I still am connected to
the telephone line I like to have a led light in between.
How and where to put it?
And because I am living in a region with more then 400
lightning strikes a year I have a lightning protection
included. Suppose that it is advisable to keep that ;-).
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