Customizing and Configuring

Once you've set up a PPP account, you can further configure and customize RP3.

Some settings which are displayed in RP3can be determined by your preferences. To view or change the settings, right-click on the application and, in the menu which appears, left-click once on Properties.

In the Properties dialog (see Figure 5-9), you'll find the following entries:

Figure 5-9. The Properties Dialog

Connection name: Allows you to switch between network connections that you have previously configured.
Count: Allows you to specify whether you want to view your time online or the costs of your online session.
Confirm starting connection: Confirms your intention to start a connection.
Confirm stopping connection: Confirms your intention to stop a connection.
Cost per: You can elect to view the costs of your session by the hours, minutes, or seconds. To view this feature, you must select the Count: cost option.

The settings you'll find in the Properties dialog relate to the configured devices and accounts. You can also customize and configure account information by right-clicking on the RP3 monitor and selecting the Configure PPP entry.

Figure 5-10. The Properties Dialog

In the Internet Connections dialog which appears, you can add a new account, edit or delete a current account, copy the account to create a new entry, and manually dial the account.

Selecting the New entry will begin the Configure PPP tool, allowing you to enter new account information.

When you choose to Edit a current entry, you can change account details in the Account Info tab. Among the fields you can change are your login name, your password, and ISP telephone number.

In the Modem tab of the dialog, you can specify the location of your modem (such as /dev/ttyS1). You can either type in the information, or click on the Find Modem... button, which will attempt to automatically detect your modem.