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  <!ENTITY date "February 2004">
  <!ENTITY app "<application>Network Monitor</application>">
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    <copyright>
      <year>2004</year>
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	<revnumber>&appname; Applet Manual V&manrevision;</revnumber> 
	<date>&date;</date> 
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          <para role="author">Sun GNOME Documentation Team</para>
          <para role="publisher">GNOME Documentation Project</para>
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      </revision> 
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    <releaseinfo>This manual describes version &appversion; of &appname;.
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      <title>Feedback</title> 
      <para>To report a bug or make a suggestion regarding the &app; applet or
	this manual, follow the directions in the 
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    <abstract role="description">
      <para>The &appname; enables you to monitor the network traffic
        for a particular interface.</para>
    </abstract>
  </articleinfo> 

  <indexterm zone="index"> 
    <primary>Network Monitor Applet</primary> 
  </indexterm> 
  

  <!-- ============= Introduction  ================================ -->
  <sect1 id="gnome-netstatus-intro">
    <title>Introduction</title>

    <figure id="gnome-netstatus-fig"> 
      <title>&appname; Applet</title> 
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    </figure>

    <para>
      The &app; applet enables you to monitor the network traffic for a network connection.
    </para>

    <sect2 id="gnome-netstatus-intro-add">
      <title>To Add &appname; to a Panel</title>
      <para>
        To add &app; to a panel, right-click on the panel, then
        choose <menuchoice>
                 <guimenu>Add to Panel</guimenu>
                 <guisubmenu>Internet</guisubmenu>
                 <guimenuitem>&appname;</guimenuitem>
               </menuchoice>. 
      </para>
    </sect2>

  </sect1>

  <!-- ============= Usage  ================================ -->
  <sect1 id="gnome-netstatus-usage">
    <title>Usage</title>
    <para>
      The applet icon indicates the network status, as follows:
    </para>
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                </inlinemediaobject>
              </para>
            </entry>
            <entry>
              <para>
                Idle
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            </entry>
          </row>
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            <entry>
              <para>
                <inlinemediaobject>
                  <imageobject>
                    <imagedata fileref="figures/gnome-netstatus-tx.png" format="PNG"/>                    </imageobject>
                  <textobject>
                    <phrase>Shows icon for transmitting.</phrase>
                  </textobject>
                </inlinemediaobject>
              </para>
            </entry>
            <entry>
              <para>
                Transmitting
              </para>
            </entry>
          </row>
          <row valign="top">
            <entry>
              <para>
                <inlinemediaobject>
                  <imageobject>
                    <imagedata fileref="figures/gnome-netstatus-rx.png" format="PNG"/>                    </imageobject>
                  <textobject>
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                  </textobject>
                </inlinemediaobject>
              </para>
            </entry>
            <entry>
              <para>
                Receiving
              </para>
            </entry>
          </row>
          <row valign="top">
            <entry>
              <para>
                <inlinemediaobject>
                  <imageobject>
                    <imagedata fileref="figures/gnome-netstatus-txrx.png" format="PNG"/>                    </imageobject>
                  <textobject>
                    <phrase>Shows icon for transmitting and receiving.</phrase>
                  </textobject>
                </inlinemediaobject>
              </para>
            </entry>
            <entry>
              <para>
                Transmitting and receiving
              </para>
            </entry>
          </row>
          <row valign="top">
            <entry>
              <para>
                <inlinemediaobject>
                  <imageobject>
                    <imagedata fileref="figures/gnome-netstatus-disconn.png" format="PNG"/>                    </imageobject>
                  <textobject>
                    <phrase>Shows icon for disconnected.</phrase>
                  </textobject>
                </inlinemediaobject>
              </para>
            </entry>
            <entry>
              <para>
                Disconnected
              </para>
            </entry>
          </row>
          <row valign="top">
            <entry>
              <para>
                <inlinemediaobject>
                  <imageobject>
                    <imagedata fileref="figures/gnome-netstatus-error.png" format="PNG"/>                    </imageobject>
                  <textobject>
                    <phrase>Shows icon for error.</phrase>
                  </textobject>
                </inlinemediaobject>
              </para>
            </entry>
            <entry>
              <para>
                Error
              </para>
            </entry>
          </row>
        </tbody>
      </tgroup>
    </informaltable>
  </sect1>

  <sect1 id="gnome-netstatus-props">
    <title>Properties</title>
    <para>
      To view the properties of a network connection, right-click on the applet, then choose <guimenuitem>Properties</guimenuitem>.
    </para>
    <para>
      The <guilabel>Connection Properties</guilabel> dialog has two tabbed sections:
    </para>
    <itemizedlist>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          <xref linkend="gnome-netstatus-props-gen"/>
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          <xref linkend="gnome-netstatus-props-supp"/>
        </para>
      </listitem>
    </itemizedlist>

    <sect2 id="gnome-netstatus-props-gen">
      <title>General</title>
      <variablelist>
        <varlistentry>
          <term><guilabel>Connection</guilabel></term>
          <listitem>
            <itemizedlist>
              <listitem>
                <para>
                  <guilabel>Name</guilabel>
                </para>
                <para>
                  Use this drop-down combination box to specify the name of the network connection to monitor.
                </para>
              </listitem>
              <listitem>
                <para>
                  <guilabel>Status</guilabel>
                </para>
                <para>
                  Displays the current status of the monitored network connection. 
                </para>
                <para>
                  The applet icon in this tabbed section also indicates the current status of the monitored network connection.
                </para>
              </listitem>
            </itemizedlist>
          </listitem>
        </varlistentry>
        <varlistentry>
          <term><guilabel>Activity</guilabel></term>
          <listitem>
            <itemizedlist>
              <listitem>
                <para>
                  <guilabel>Received</guilabel>
                </para>
                <para>
                  Displays the amount of information received by the monitored network connection.
                </para>
              </listitem>
              <listitem>
                <para>
                  <guilabel>Sent</guilabel>
                </para>
                <para>
                  Displays the amount of information sent by the monitored network connection.
                </para>
              </listitem>
            </itemizedlist>
          </listitem>
        </varlistentry>
      </variablelist>
    </sect2>

    <sect2 id="gnome-netstatus-props-supp">
      <title>Support</title>
      <variablelist>
        <varlistentry>
          <term><guilabel>Internet Protocol (IPv4)</guilabel></term>
          <listitem>
            <itemizedlist>
              <listitem>
                <para>
                  <guilabel>Address</guilabel>
                </para>
                <para>
                  Displays the IP address of the monitored network connection.
                </para>
              </listitem>
              <listitem>
                <para>
                  <guilabel>Destination</guilabel>
                </para>
                <para>
                  Displays the IP address of the modem at the ISP site. This property is displayed for dial-up connections only.
                </para>
              </listitem>
              <listitem>
                <para>
                  <guilabel>Broadcast</guilabel>
                </para>
                <para>
                  Displays the broadcast address of the monitored network connection. This property is not displayed for local connections.
                </para>
              </listitem>
              <listitem>
                <para>
                  <guilabel>Subnet Mask</guilabel>
                </para>
                <para>
                  Displays the subnet mask of the monitored network connection.
                </para>
              </listitem>
            </itemizedlist>
          </listitem>
        </varlistentry>
        <varlistentry>
          <term><guilabel>Network Device</guilabel></term>
          <listitem>
            <itemizedlist>
              <listitem>
                <para>
                  <guilabel>Type</guilabel>
                </para>
                <para>
                  Displays the hardware type of the monitored network connection.
                </para>
              </listitem>
              <listitem>
                <para>
                  <guilabel>Address</guilabel>
                </para>
                <para>
                  Displays the hardware address of the monitored network connection.
                </para>
              </listitem>
            </itemizedlist>
          </listitem>
        </varlistentry>
      </variablelist>
   </sect2>

 </sect1>
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