Running Blip
Running Blip
Run with no options, Blip will bring up a menu (via xconfirm) with the
following functions:
- Check
- The default -- checks and prints all current connections.
- Connect
- Make a connection to the modem pool. It first checks to make sure there
isn't an existing connection.
- Hangup
- Disconnect the current connection. It first checks to see if there are any
active connections. If so, it prints them out and asks for verification.
- Minimize
- Minimize the Blip window. A silly function, but some people liked to have
it running the whole time, rather than re-run it.
- Quit
- Quits Blip -- doesn't kill the connection.
To access these functions from the command line, type
blip [option]
where the corresponding options are listed below.
Check
check/chk
Connect
conn/connect
Configure
config/configure <IP_ADDRESS>
-- This will make blip re-configure the slip link to the specified IP address.
Hangup
disconnect/disconn/hangup/hang
-- hangup if no connections active
DISCONNECT/DISCONN/HANGUP/HANG
-- force hangup, even if current connections exist.