> You are getting closer, but you have still not really explained what it > actually does. > What does "monitor" mean? > What protocols does it support? > What network stacks? > What network services? > What kind of monitoring? > What kind of display? > What information is displayed? > Does it update continuously? > What statistics are gathered? > How are they output, to where?
Well, reading (e.g. the documentation) is often helpful :-) Strictly spoken, LANSTAT doesn't touch the LAN at all. Rather it invokes other programs using them as "test agents", reads their output, classifies it as either "good" or "bad" and displays the collected results in a clearly arranged tabular manner on the screen. A typical example of such a "test agent" is the program "ping" and nearly any TCP/IP stack comes with such a utility. But any other program, which satifies certain requirements (which in-turn are further described in the documentation) can be used as well. The precize syntax for calling it and classifying its output is defined in a configuration file making LANSTAT very flexible. Therefore it is justified to say that the program can be used with virtually any network stack and any network protocol and many services. And yes, the information is updated continuously, no statistics are gathered, though i am thinking about adding a logging feature and the information is primarily output to the local screen, but optionally a html file can be generated, which in-turn can be made (globally) available by some kind of (external) HTTP server or directly via the LAN itself. ___________________________________________________________ Neu: WEB.DE De-Mail - Einfach wie E-Mail, sicher wie ein Brief! Jetzt De-Mail-Adresse reservieren: https://produkte.web.de/go/demail02 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Start uncovering the many advantages of virtual appliances and start using them to simplify application deployment and accelerate your shift to cloud computing http://p.sf.net/sfu/novell-sfdev2dev _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
