DUN Manager - Readme File for Release 1.0d - 8th November 1998
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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 include single click connection start-up and hang-up, 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, keep alive, re-establish lost 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 70 different tariffs from 17
different operators in the UK for accurate call costing with tariffs for
other countries to be available shortly.


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.  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.

DUN Manager provides features to stop a connection being dropped (when
there are no telecom bills) or to deliberately drop an idle connection (to
avoid large telecom bills).  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.

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.  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 is supplied
with over 80 different local rate business and residential tariffs from 19
different operators in the UK, taken from the UK Telecom Tariff Comparison
web site (http://www.magsys.co.uk/telecom/) also operated by Magenta
Systems Ltd.  It is expected that tariffs for countries other than the UK
will also be available for DUN Manager.

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.

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 will display a nag screen
for a short period after each connection.  Registration costs 25 (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. 


Installation
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DUN Manager comprises merely a single program file DUNMAN.EXE (about 1.4
Mbyte in size, with no extra 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. 

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. 

The program SETUP.EXE should then be run to install DUN Manager.  About 
2 Mbytes of disk space is required for the software and documentation.  
A number of WAV sound files are supplied, which may be moved into the
C:\WINDOWS\MEDIA directory for convenience.  

To make DUN Manager start automatically when windows starts, copy the 
shortcut from the DUN Manager menu to the StartUp menu.


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. 


Copyright Information
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DUN Manager is copyright Magenta Systems Ltd, England, 1998.

Magenta Systems Ltd
9 Vincent Road
Croydon 
CR0 6ED
United Kingdom

Phone 0181-656 3636, International Phone +44 181 656 3636
Fax 0181-656 8127, International Fax +44 181 656 8127

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

Email: dunman@magsys.co.uk
Web: http://www.magsys.co.uk/dunman/
Download: http://www.magsys.co.uk/dunman/dunman10.zip
