Adding proper broadband connection control

Hi guys,

Using Redhat 8.0 with KDE3.
Written a script that will connect me to tmy broadband provider via a USB modem, and was wondering if there was a neater way of doing this.

I'd ideally like to have a connection icon (ala windows) so that I can see stats about data uploaded, downloaded, connection time, etc etc and proper pppoa connect disconnect options, as my script way seems a little fragile

Anyone know of how I can do this??

Kind Regards,
Steve

using a script is IMHO the "neatest" way of all for unix systems...

for having a "Connect to" icon, start kde, right-click on your desktop, "new program" and add your script there...

for getting uptime etc, you can write another script with TCL/TK (for the graphical UI) that will read from /proc/ or parse `ifconfig pppoa0`.

... you seem to be used to windows, so your choice is probably a patched "kppp".... it will act similar to the dial-up networking on windows.