NetNak Readme File - Version 3.0.4 - Ad-Sponsored
(c) 1999 Complete Software Solutions - Andy Erceg

NetNak in a "Nutshell"
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     "Allows you to display your data rate through your modem on a dial-up
      connection for internet for example, over a period of time, easily."

    "It is also good for seeing when you are sending out data unexpectedly."

 "It is a simple way to keep track of your time on-line easily, and in detail."


What NetNak does
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NetNak allows you to display your data rate through your modem on a dial-up
connection, this will usually be internet data. The data rate is displayed as
both text and on a histogram.

The display can be either as a floating window or a docked window. You also have
the option to make the display unavailable while there is no active connection
to monitor.

You can also keep track of your time on-line as well as the total amount of data
you send and receive and the average send and receive data rate.

Further to this you can also see your statistics as both text and graphically on
a per month, day, hour and 5 minutely basis so you can see when your internet
connection handles the most and the fastest data, when you are on-line etc.


Using NetNak ... the main thing to remember is right-clicking
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To close a "docked" window right-click on either the window or the System Tray
icon and select "Exit Program".
When you have the display docked with auto-hide you can keep the display up by
clicking on it - it then stays up until you select another program.

To see what the height of the graph is click on it or the number next to it, the
number will show the height for several seconds. If you do not have "Show
average on the numeric indicators" selected and you click again the number will
show the average, over the last minute or since the last "Clear the graphs", for
several seconds.

To see your time on-line and other statistics right-click on either the window
or the System Tray icon and select "View Statistics". While you are viewing your
statistics you have the option of resetting them, this is great if you want to
keep track of your time on-line per week for example.

Automatic logging is enabled by default and the default settings are set to be
the best for the average user. You can change the resolution of the logging
graph by right-clicking and selecting an option.

If you have NetNak docked but don't want NetNak on the top of all programs you
can temporarly disable this by selecting "Not on Top when Docked". This will
stay this way until you either restart NetNak, access the NetNak right-click
menu or double click on the System Tray icon. You can check the status of this
by moving the mouse over the System Tray icon. An example of when you may want
to use this is playing a game that uses the full screen.

The easiest way to use NetNak is probably to ...
 - have it docked and
 - enable "Make invisible when there is no connection" under "Properties".


Requirements
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Windows 95/98 or Windows NT 4.0


Installation Notes
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If you are installing a new version of this software you should uninstall the
old version first, you may need to restart your computer to free all the files.


Advertisements
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Advertisements help keep this software free. The advertisement size is dependant
on your screen size.


Registration
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Currently this program is only available as an Ad-Sponsored program, if you
require a version that has no advertisements please contact the sales email
address below


Known Issues
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Windows 95/98 Only
  The monitoring of the data rate to and from your modem works only for the
  first four modem devices set up as dialup adaptors (most people only have one
  so this should not be a problem).

Windows 95 - Original Version
  If you are using Windows dial-up connection and get "0 Bps" all the time you
  may have an old version of Microsoft Dial-up Networking. If you want to
  download the latest version try:
  ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/Softlib/MSLFILES/MSDUN13.EXE

AOL and Cable Modem Users
  We have received reports that NetNak doesn't always display data when using
  AOL or cable modems, this occurs when the internet connection is not via a
  standard "Windows" dial-up connection, we are looking into this.
  

Contact Details
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Complete Software Solutions WebSite
    http://www.comsoft.co.nz/index.htm
Product Web Page
    http://www.comsoft.co.nz/products/netnak.htm
E-Mail Address - Product Support
    netnak@comsoft.co.nz
E-Mail Address - Sales
    sales@comsoft.co.nz


Names used throughout this document are trademarks of their respective companies

