# Netspeed Applet Manual V1.1

Netspeed Applet is shows how much traffic occurs on a specified network device.

2002
Jörgen Scheibengruber
GNOME Documentation Project

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Jörgen
Scheibengruber
GNOME Project
mfcn@gmx.de
Pedro
Villavicencio Garrido
GNOME Project
pvillavi@gnome.org
1.2
2006
Jörgen
Scheibengruber
mfcn@gmx.de
1.1
2005
Pedro
Villavicencio Garrido
pvillavi@gnome.org
1.0
2002
Jörgen
Scheibengruber
mfcn@gmx.de
This manual describes version 0.12 of Netspeed Applet.

## Odziv

To report a bug or make a suggestion regarding the Netspeed Applet applet or this manual, send a e-mail to Jörgen Scheibengruber.

## About Netspeed Applet

### Netspeed

Netspeed.

### Netspeed showing the sum in a 48px panel.

Netspeed showing the sum in a 48px panel.

Netspeed Applet displays the network traffic on a specified device like eth0, ppp0, plip0, etc. More over it provides information about the configuration of the network device.

### Netspeed Icons on Panel

Icon | Description
--- | ---
Loopback | The Loopback interface.
Ethernet | Ethernet connection.
PPP | Point to Point Protocol connection.
Wireless | Wireless connection.
PLIP | Parallel Line Internet Protocol connection.

### To Add Netspeed to a Panel

To add Netspeed Applet to a panel, right-click on the panel, then choose Add to Panel Network Netspeed Applet .

## Settings

### Netspeed Applet Settings

Netspeed Applet Settings.

In this dialog you can change the settings of Netspeed Applet:

- Network device: Choose the network device that the applet should monitor from the popdown list of the combobox. Usually all available devices are listed, however you can enter one yourself, too.

- Update interval: Enter the time between two updates of the applet.

- Label font size: Enter the size of the text displayed in the applet.

- Show sum instead of in and out: If you check this box then the applet will show the sum of the in and out rate. The applet will take only half of the space in the panel in this case.

- Show bits/s (b/s) instead of bytes/s (B/s): Check this if you want the applet to display bits per second instead of bytes/s.

- Change icon according to the selected device: Usually the applet will show an icon representing the type of network device you monitor. So it will show a phone for Point to Point connections (ppp - modems, etc.), a network card for ethernet (eth), etc. When this is unchecked, the applet will always show the network card icon, no matter which device you monitor.

- Always monitor a connected device, if possible: When your connection is down, Netspeed Applet look for a running one for monitoring.

## The details dialog

### The details dialog

The details dialog

This dialog shows you some useful information on the configuration of your network device.

- Internet Address: The IP (Internet Protocol) address of the network device.

- Netmask: The netmask which depends on the size of your LAN (Local Area Network). A usual value is 255.255.255.0 (a class C network).

- Hardware Address: Often also referred to as the physical or MAC (Media Access Control) address. A worldwide unique identifier for your network card.

- P-t-P Address: The internet address of the "other side" of your PPP (Point to Point Protocol) connection.

- Bytes in: The amount of bytes that the network device has received since it has been connected to the network.

- Bytes out: The amout of bytes that the network device has sent since it has been connected to the network.