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- DUN Manager - Readme File for Release 1.1b - 19th February 1999
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- DUN Manager is a Windows 95, 98 and NT 4.0 application designed to simplify
- and enhance Dial Up Networking and Remote Access Services. Features
- includes single click connection start-up and hang-up, monitoring of
- connections started by other applications, a flashing icon while online,
- automatic disconnection options to avoid remaining online by accident
- (including playing sounds), detailed connection activity logs for problem
- finding, session cost logs to determine telephone spending, logging of
- separate multi-link calls and non-RAS calls (such as fax), keep alive,
- re-establish lost connection, call waiting re-enable after connection, PC
- clock setting, program launching, a performance graph showing data flow
- speeds and various diagnostics including Trace Route, Ping Host, Finger and
- Address Look-Up. DUN Manager includes over tariffs from over 20 different
- operators in the UK and from many other countries for accurate call costing.
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- Overview
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- DUN Manager from Magenta Systems Ltd sits in the Windows 95, 98 or NT4
- system tray as an icon, allows a dial-up networking connection to be started
- or stopped with a simple click, and flashing a currency symbol as a reminder
- while online. It also monitors connections started by other applications.
- Sound effects may be associated with start of dialling, successful
- connection, periodically while online as a reminder, as a warning of idle
- connections, and when disconnected. Multiple connections are supported,
- with redialling if the initial connection speed is poor. How connections
- are started is fully configurable, as is whether a connection status window
- appears. A performance graph shows the historic transmit and receive data
- speeds during and after the connection. The PC clock can be automatically
- corrected from an Internet Time Server. Other applications may be launched
- when a connection starts or hangs-up.
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- DUN Manager provides features to stop a connection being dropped (when there
- are no telecom bills), to deliberately drop an idle connection (to avoid
- large telecom bills) or timed reconnection to drop and redial a call after a
- specified period (where short calls are free). There is automatic
- re-establishment if a connection drops, keep alive will stop the ISP
- disconnecting due to idling. Data flow hang-up will drop the connection
- when it becomes idle, while timed hang-up drops after a specified period, in
- both cases with a warning sound and a short period allowing reset of hang-up
- checking to stay on-line. The flashing system tray icon is a reminder while
- on-line, particularly for those with internal modems, a sound may be played
- periodically as a further reminder and a status window can regularly appear.
- Call waiting can be disabled before a connection and re-enabled afterwards.
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- A connection activity log stores all progress messages for each connection,
- the phone number dialled, session duration and performance statistics, and
- is designed to be useful to ISPs for resolving connection problems. Logging
- shows multi-link calls separately, and also non-RAS calls (such as fax,
- HyperTerminal and Ameol2). If the modem keeps connection diagnostics (K56K,
- X2 and V90) these can be automatically logged after each call. Old logs are
- automatically deleted after so many days. A session/cost log keeps a
- monthly tally of dial-up networking sessions including telephone call cost,
- and is useful for checking usage or telecom bills. Each connection can be
- defined with a different telecom tariff, to allow for discount schemes like
- BT Best Friend. DUN Manager includes over tariffs from over 20 different
- operators in the UK and from many other countries for accurate call costing.
- The UK tariffs are taken from the Magenta Systems Ltd. UK Telecom Tariff
- Comparison web site: http://www.magsys.co.uk/telecom/
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- DUN Manager also includes various internet diagnostic utilities, including
- Address Lookup, Reverse Lookup, Ping Host, Trace Route, Finger and a Telnet
- terminal for accessing remote servers. All these utilities save up to 30
- previously used host names, easing subsequent diagnostic sessions.
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- DUN Manager is shareware, developed by Magenta Systems Ltd, in the UK.
- DUN Manager may be evaluated for 30 days, but must be registered if usage
- is to continue. Until registered, DUN Manager may display a nag screen
- for a short period after each connection. Registration costs รบ25 (UKP)
- which is about $42, and is done from the Registration option within DUN
- Manager via email with an encrypted credit card number or by printing a
- page to be faxed or snail mailed.
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- Tariffs
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- Tariffs are included for the following countries: Argentina, Australia,
- Czech Republic, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Romania, Spain, Switzerland,
- Slovakia and the UK. Further countries will be added shortly.
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- Installation
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- DUN Manager comprises merely a single program file DUNMAN.EXE (about 800
- Kbyte in size, with no required DLLs or other run time supporting files.
- Installation will therefore not effect any other Windows applications. No
- software will be installed in the Windows directory. The only prerequisite
- is Windows 95 (any version), Windows 98 or Windows NT 4.0, with TCP/IP
- networking and Dial-Up Networking (Remote Access Services) installed. DUN
- Manager will work on 486/66 PCs with 16 Mbytes of memory, but anything
- slower is not recommended. For Windows 95, it is strongly recommended that
- Dial-Up Networking 1.2 or 1.3 is installed, these are available as upgrades
- from the Microsoft web site. Performance statistics may not be available
- with earlier versions.
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- DUN Manager is distributed as a ZIP file which should first be unzipped
- into a temporary folder. If you do not already have it, the Winzip
- application from http://www.winzip.com/ (or from most magazine cover
- CD-ROMs, Tucows archives, etc) is strongly recommended.
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- The program SETUP.EXE should then be run to install DUN Manager. About
- 1.1 Mbytes of disk space is required for the software and documentation.
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- To make DUN Manager start automatically when windows starts, copy the
- shortcut from the DUN Manager menu to the StartUp menu.
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- A number of WAV sound files suitable for the events in DUN Manager may
- be downloaded from the DUN Manager web site in file DUNSOUND.ZIP, which
- should be unzipped into the C:\WINDOWS\MEDIA directory for convenience.
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- Distribution
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- DUN Manager may be freely distributed via web pages, FTP sites, BBS and
- conferencing systems or on CD-ROM in unaltered zip format, but no charge
- may be made other than reasonable media or bandwidth cost. Any
- notifications must state that DUN Manager is shareware with nags until
- registered with Magenta Systems Ltd. Please email Magenta Systems Ltd if
- you distribute DUN Manager in some way, so you can be notified of upgrades
- or other important changes.
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- Copyright Information
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- DUN Manager is copyright Magenta Systems Ltd, England, 1999.
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- Magenta Systems Ltd
- 9 Vincent Road
- Croydon
- CR0 6ED
- United Kingdom
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- Phone 0181-656 3636, International Phone +44 181 656 3636
- Fax 0181-656 8127, International Fax +44 181 656 8127
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- From 1st June 1999 (all London numbers change)
- Phone 020 8656 3636, International Phone +44 20 8656 3636
- Fax 020 8656 8127, International Fax +44 20 8656 8127
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- Email: dunman@magsys.co.uk
- Web: http://www.magsys.co.uk/dunman/
- Download: http://www.magsys.co.uk/dunman/dunman11.zip
- Sound files: http://www.magsys.co.uk/dunman/dunsound.zip
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