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IP NetMonitor ReadMe
Sustainable Softworks
November 30, 1996

Introduction

IP NetMonitor provides six useful Internet tools:

  1) Test Connectivity (Ping)
  2) Trace Route
  3) DNS lookup and reverse lookup
  4) Who Is
  5) Monitor (like MacTCP Monitor but for Open Transport)
  6) Subnet Calculator (to simplify working with IP addresses and masks)

What's different, or why use IP NetMonitor when there are other
similar tools, some of which are free?

IP NetMonitor Features:
 * A complete basic Internet toolkit (ping, traceroute, nslookup, whois).
 * Unique OT native Monitor tool provides an accurate view of network
   throughput and responsiveness.
 * Full Macintosh user interface makes these tools more accessible.
 * Asynchronous DNS lookups make trace route quick and easy.
 * Tight design uses screen space efficiently.
   Drag-&-Drop, or edit in place.
 * Superior integration.
   Automatically transfers corresponding data from one tool to another.
   Supports GURL Apple Event.

The well organized displays and integrated design allow both new
and experienced Internet users to see how the net is working, and
quickly identify and report common problems.

The full version of IP NetMonitor ("IP NetLink") will add Internet Protocol
routing when multi-homing is supported in Open Transport 1.5 .
Registered users of the internet tools version (IP NetMonitor) will receive
purchase price credit toward the full version (IP NetLink) when it becomes
available.

System requirements:
  MacOS 7.5.1 and Open Transport 1.1.1 or later

Installation and Use

To install the software, simply copy it to your hard drive.
Note that for the demo to work, you must install a fresh copy
that hasn't been run before.

To use the Monitor window, you must place the "OTModl$Proxy"
shared library file in your Extensions Folder, and optionally place the
"SetupAP" application in your Startup Items Folder.

SetupAP simply tells Open Transport to "autopush" the STREAMS module
"OTModl$Proxy" above any PPP device it finds and then quits.
Data from all internet applications that connect via that
"device" will then pass through the Proxy module where it can be
counted and reported to the Monitor window in the IP NetMonitor
application when monitoring is turned on.

If you do not want the Proxy module to be autopushed
at system startup, you can still monitor PPP by opening
the Monitor window before any other internet application.

For Monitoring other data link providers (such as Ethernet),
you will be prompted to confirm whether you wish to modify
your TCP/IP configuration.  This technique may change
in future versions.

Help is available on each of the various tools by clicking on
the question mark symbol in the lower left corner.  This is
probably the best way to familiarize yourself with more
advanced features of the software since you can experiment
with the window while you read the description.

The Release Notes describe the latest features and additions.
Additional user notes are available from my web page.

Registration and Licensing

IP NetMonitor is commercial software subject to the terms
of the accompanying License Agreement.  You may use a demo version
of the software during a single trial period of up to 21 days.
You must then register the software  ($10) if you wish to continue
using it beyond the trial period.

Please use the accompanying Register application to register and
pay for your software using the Kagi Software Service.  Once payment
is received, we will send you a registration key that disables the
demo startup window and expiration.

The registration key is based on the name you supply in the "Register to"
field of the register application.  Please enter your name followed by
your organization name (if any) exactly as you want them to appear.
Although the Register application only provides one line to enter this
information, you can split the text between the name and organization
lines of the IP NetMonitor registration screen as long as it contains
exactly the same sequence of characters including any spaces.

Pricing:
  Single User $10
  Site License $400
  World-Wide or ISP Customer License $2000

A Site License covers all locations for your organization within a 160 kilometer
radius of your site (100 miles).  One big advantage of a Site License is that you
do not need to keep track of how many people at your site are using the software.

A World-Wide License covers all locations for your organization world-wide,
or, for an Internet Service Provider, allows you to offer registered copies of
the software to any of your customers who have purchased at least $15 of
internet communication services (the $15 requirement is intended to
prevent you from selling the software below the direct Single User
price).

Additional payment details are included below.

I hope you find these tools useful and look forward to your
comments and suggestions.

- Peter Sichel
  Sustainable Softworks
  134 Winthrop Street
  Medway, MA 02053 USA

  [e-mail]
  http://www.sustworks.com/~psichel


Payment Details

Paying for IP NetMonitor is fairly simple. Open the Register program that
accompanies IP NetMonitor. Enter your name, your email address, and the
number of single user licenses you desire for each program you
wish to purchase (or Site or Word-Wide licenses). Save or Copy or Print
the data from the Register program and send the data and payment to Kagi.
Kagi handles my payment processing.

If paying with Credit Card or First Virtual, you can email or fax the data
to Kagi. Their email address is [e-mail] and their fax number is
[phone]. You can either Copy the data from Register and paste into
the body of an email message or you can Save the data to a file and you can
attach that file to an email message. There is no need to compress the data file,
it's already quite small. If you have a fax modem, just Print the data to the
Kagi fax number.

Payments sent via email are processed within 3 to 4 days. You will receive an
email acknowledgement when it is processed. Payments sent via fax take up to
10 days and if you provide a correct internet email address you will receive an
email acknowledgement.

If you are paying with Cash or USD Check you should print the data using the
Register application and send it to the address shown on the form, which is:

              Kagi
              1442-A Walnut Street #392-HQ
              Berkeley, California 94709-1405
              USA

You can pay with a wide variety of cash from different countries but at present
if you pay via check, it must be a check drawn in US Dollars. Kagi cannot accept
checks in other currencies, the conversion rate for non-USD checks is around USD
15 per check and that is just not practical.

If you have a purchasing department, you can enter all the data into the Register
program and then select Invoice as your payment method. Print three copies of the
form and send it to your accounts payable people. You might want to highlight the
line that mentions that they must include a copy of the form with their payment.
Kagi can not invoice your company, you need to act on my behalf and generate the
invoice and handle all the paperwork on your end.

Please do not fax or email payment forms that indicate Cash, Check or Invoice
as the payment method. As far as we know, there is still no technology to transfer
physical objects via fax or email and without the payment, the form cannot be
processed. Payments sent via postal mail take time to reach Kagi and then up to
10 days for processing. Again, if you include a correct email address, you will hear
from Kagi when the form is processed.

The Register application is currently configured to require an email address
since this is the preferred mechanism for distributing registration keys.
If you need to make other arrangements, please contact the author directly
at [e-mail] .

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