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+ <!ENTITY appletversion "1.10.1">

+ <!ENTITY manrevision "1.3">

+ <!ENTITY date "July 2015">

+ <!ENTITY applet "Netspeed Applet">

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+<article id="index" lang="en">

+<!-- please do not change the id; for translations, change lang to -->

+<!-- appropriate code -->

+ <articleinfo>

+ <title>&applet; Manual V&manrevision;</title>

+ <abstract role="description">

+ <para>&applet; is shows how much traffic occurs on a specified network device.</para>

+ </abstract>

+ <copyright>

+ <year>2015</year>

+ <holder>MATE Documentation Project</holder> </copyright>

+ <copyright>

+ <year>2002</year>

+ <holder>Jörgen Scheibengruber</holder>

+ </copyright>

+<!-- translators: uncomment this:

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+ <copyright>

+ <year>2002</year>

+ <holder>ME-THE-TRANSLATOR (Latin translation)</holder>

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+ <publisher role="maintainer">

+ <publishername> MATE Documentation Project </publishername>

+ </publisher>

+ <publisher>

+ <publishername>GNOME Documentation Project</publishername>

+ </publisher>

+

+ &legal;

+

+ <authorgroup>

+ <author role="maintainer">

+ <firstname>MATE Documentation Project</firstname>

+ <surname></surname>

+ <affiliation>

+ <orgname>MATE Desktop</orgname>

+ </affiliation>

+ </author>

+ <author>

+ <firstname>Jörgen</firstname>

+ <surname>Scheibengruber</surname>

+ <affiliation>

+ <orgname>GNOME Project</orgname>

+ </affiliation>

+ <email>[email protected]</email>

+ </author>

+

+ <author>

+ <firstname>Pedro</firstname>

+ <surname>Villavicencio Garrido</surname>

+ <affiliation>

+ <orgname>GNOME Project</orgname>

+ </affiliation>

+ <email>[email protected]</email>

+ </author>

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+ <firstname>Latin</firstname>

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+ <address> <email>[email protected]</email> </address>

+ </affiliation>

+ <contrib>Latin translation</contrib>

+ </othercredit>

+-->

+ </authorgroup>

+

+ <revhistory>

+

+ <revision>

+ <revnumber>1.3</revnumber>

+ <date>July 2015</date>

+ <author>

+ <firstname>MATE Documentation Project</firstname>

+ <surname></surname>

+ </author>

+ </revision>

+

+ <revision>

+ <revnumber>1.2</revnumber>

+ <date>2006</date>

+ <author>

+ <firstname>Jörgen</firstname>

+ <surname>Scheibengruber</surname>

+ <email>[email protected]</email>

+ </author>

+ </revision>

+

+ <revision>

+ <revnumber>1.1</revnumber>

+ <date>2005</date>

+ <author>

+ <firstname>Pedro</firstname>

+ <surname>Villavicencio Garrido</surname>

+ <email>[email protected]</email>

+ </author>

+ </revision>

+

+ <revision>

+ <revnumber>1.0</revnumber>

+ <date>2002</date>

+ <author>

+ <firstname>Jörgen</firstname>

+ <surname>Scheibengruber</surname>

+ <email>[email protected]</email>

+ </author>

+ </revision>

+

+ </revhistory>

+

+ <releaseinfo> This manual describes version &appletversion; of &applet;.

+ </releaseinfo>

+ <legalnotice>

+ <title>Feedback</title>

+ <para>

+ To report a bug or make a suggestion regarding the &applet; application or this manual, follow the directions in the <ulink url="help:mate-user-guide/feedback" type="help">MATE Feedback Page</ulink>.

+ </para>

+

+<!-- Translators may also add here feedback address for translations -->

+

+ </legalnotice>

+ </articleinfo>

+ <indexterm>

+ <primary>&applet;</primary>

+ </indexterm>

+

+<!-- ============= Document Body ============================= -->

+<sect1 id="netspeed_applet-about">

+<title>About &applet;</title>

+ <figure id="netspeed_applet-fig">

+ <title>Netspeed</title>

+ <screenshot>

+ <mediaobject>

+ <imageobject><imagedata fileref="figures/netspeed_applet.png" format="PNG"/>

+ </imageobject>

+ <textobject>

+ <phrase>Netspeed.</phrase>

+ </textobject>

+ </mediaobject>

+ </screenshot>

+ </figure>

+ <figure id="netspeed_applet-fig2">

+ <title>Netspeed showing the sum in a 48px panel.</title>

+ <screenshot>

+ <mediaobject>

+ <imageobject><imagedata fileref="figures/eth_sum_48.png" format="PNG"/>

+ </imageobject>

+ <textobject>

+ <phrase>Netspeed showing the sum in a 48px panel.</phrase>

+ </textobject>

+ </mediaobject>

+ </screenshot>

+ </figure>

+ <para>

+ <application>&applet;</application> 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.

+ </para>

+ <sect2 id="netspeed-introduction-icons">

+ <title>Netspeed Icons on Panel</title>

+ <informaltable frame="all">

+ <tgroup cols="2" colsep="1" rowsep="1">

+ <colspec colname="COLSPEC0" colwidth="50*"/>

+ <colspec colname="COLSPEC1" colwidth="50*"/>

+ <thead>

+ <row valign="top">

+ <entry colname="COLSPEC0"><para>Icon</para></entry>

+ <entry colname="COLSPEC1"><para>Description</para></entry>

+ </row>

+ </thead>

+ <tbody>

+ <row valign="top">

+ <entry><para>

+ <inlinemediaobject><imageobject>

+ <imagedata fileref="figures/loopback.png" format="PNG"/>

+ </imageobject><textobject>

+ <phrase>Loopback</phrase>

+ </textobject></inlinemediaobject>

+ </para></entry>

+ <entry><para>

+ The Loopback interface.

+ </para></entry>

+ </row>

+ <row valign="top">

+ <entry><para>

+ <inlinemediaobject><imageobject>

+ <imagedata fileref="figures/ethernet.png" format="PNG"/>

+ </imageobject><textobject>

+ <phrase>Ethernet</phrase>

+ </textobject></inlinemediaobject>

+ </para></entry>

+ <entry><para>

+ Ethernet connection.

+ </para></entry>

+ </row>

+ <row valign="top">

+ <entry><para>

+ <inlinemediaobject><imageobject>

+ <imagedata fileref="figures/ppp.png" format="PNG"/>

+ </imageobject><textobject>

+ <phrase>PPP</phrase>

+ </textobject></inlinemediaobject>

+ </para></entry>

+ <entry><para>

+ Point to Point Protocol connection.

+ </para></entry>

+ </row>

+ <row valign="top">

+ <entry><para>

+ <inlinemediaobject><imageobject>

+ <imagedata fileref="figures/wavelan.png" format="PNG"/>

+ </imageobject><textobject>

+ <phrase>Wireless</phrase>

+ </textobject></inlinemediaobject>

+ </para></entry>

+ <entry><para>

+ Wireless connection.

+ </para></entry>

+ </row>

+ <row valign="top">

+ <entry><para>

+ <inlinemediaobject><imageobject>

+ <imagedata fileref="figures/plip.png" format="PNG"/>

+ </imageobject><textobject>

+ <phrase>PLIP</phrase>

+ </textobject></inlinemediaobject>

+ </para></entry>

+ <entry><para>

+ Parallel Line Internet Protocol connection.

+ </para></entry>

+ </row>

+ </tbody>

+ </tgroup>

+ </informaltable>

+ </sect2>

+ <sect2>

+ <title>To Add Netspeed to a Panel</title>

+ <para>To add <application>&applet;</application> to a panel, right-click on the panel, then choose <menuchoice>

+ <guimenu>Add to Panel</guimenu>

+ <guisubmenu>Network</guisubmenu>

+ <guimenuitem>&applet;</guimenuitem>

+ </menuchoice>.</para>

+ </sect2>

+ </sect1>

+ <sect1 id="netspeed_applet-settings">

+ <title>Settings</title>

+ <figure id="netspeed_applet_settings-fig">

+ <title>&applet; Settings</title>

+ <screenshot>

+ <mediaobject>

+ <imageobject><imagedata fileref="figures/settings.png" format="PNG"/>

+ </imageobject>

+ <textobject>

+ <phrase>&applet; Settings.</phrase>

+ </textobject>

+ </mediaobject>

+ </screenshot>

+ </figure>

+ <para>

+ In this dialog you can change the settings of &applet;:

+ </para>

+ <itemizedlist mark="bullet">

+ <listitem><para>

+ <guilabel>Network device:</guilabel> 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.

+ </para></listitem>

+ <listitem><para>

+ <guilabel>Update interval:</guilabel> Enter the time between two updates of the applet.

+ </para></listitem>

+ <listitem><para>

+ <guilabel>Label font size:</guilabel> Enter the size of the text displayed in the applet.

+ </para></listitem>

+ <listitem><para>

+ <guilabel>Show sum instead of in and out:</guilabel> 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.

+ </para></listitem>

+ <listitem><para>

+ <guilabel>Show bits/s (b/s) instead of bytes/s (B/s):</guilabel> Check this if you want the applet to

+ display bits per second instead of bytes/s.

+ </para></listitem>

+ <listitem><para>

+ <guilabel>Change icon according to the selected device:</guilabel> 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.

+ </para></listitem>

+ <listitem><para>

+ <guilabel>Always monitor a connected device, if possible:</guilabel> When your connection is down, &applet; look for a running one for monitoring.

+ </para></listitem>

+ </itemizedlist>

+ </sect1>

+ <sect1 id="netspeed_applet-details">

+ <title>The details dialog</title>

+ <figure id="netspeed_applet_details-fig">

+ <title>The details dialog</title>

+ <screenshot>

+ <mediaobject>

+ <imageobject><imagedata fileref="figures/details.png" format="PNG"/>

+ </imageobject>

+ <textobject>

+ <phrase>The details dialog</phrase>

+ </textobject>

+ </mediaobject>

+ </screenshot>

+ </figure>

+ <para>

+ This dialog shows you some useful information on the configuration of

+ your network device.

+ </para>

+ <itemizedlist mark="bullet">

+ <listitem><para>

+ <guilabel>Internet Address:</guilabel> The IP (Internet Protocol) address of the network device.

+ </para></listitem>

+ <listitem><para>

+ <guilabel>Netmask:</guilabel> 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).

+ </para></listitem>

+ <listitem><para>

+ <guilabel>Hardware Address:</guilabel> Often also referred to as the physical or MAC (Media Access Control)

+ address. A worldwide unique identifier for your network card.

+ </para></listitem>

+ <listitem><para>

+ <guilabel>P-t-P Address:</guilabel> The internet address of the "other side" of your

+ PPP (Point to Point Protocol) connection.

+ </para></listitem>

+ <listitem><para>

+ <guilabel>Bytes in:</guilabel> The amount of bytes that the network device has received since

+ it has been connected to the network.

+ </para></listitem>

+ <listitem><para>

+ <guilabel>Bytes out:</guilabel> The amout of bytes that the network device has sent since

+ it has been connected to the network.

+ </para></listitem>

+ </itemizedlist>

+ </sect1>

+</article>

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