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Options - Internet Settings
1. The * next to General and Auto-Save in the navigation pane to the left indicates that you have not "applied" the changes you've made. 2. The Standard Lookups address is the WHOIS server to query for named lookups. The IP Block Lookups address is the WHOIS server to query for IP block lookups. This will look up who owns a particular IP address. To see how to add additional whois servers click here. 3. Check this option to have PingPlotter occasionally look on the pingplotter.com servers to see if there's a new version available. If there is an update available, PingPlotter's status bar will show the update message. Double-clicking on the status bar will launch your web browser to the site where the new version is available. If you want to check for a new version immediately, click on Check Now. 4. If you access the Internet through a proxy server, you can set up this server here. In the current version of PingPlotter, this is not required. PingPlotter doesn't have any features that require the ability to access the Internet via HTTP. Automatic version checking (if turned on in option 3 above) doesn't work if PingPlotter can't access the internet via HTTP, however. Do not confuse this setting with having to open up a firewall, if the computer you're tracing from is sitting behind one, to allow ICMP echo requests. ICMP echo requests are not supported by proxy servers. 5. The Apply button will apply all the changes you've made to the areas marked with an asterisk (*) and not exit the Options area. OK applies those same settings, and then exits out of the Options area. Cancel negates all changes you've made. If you've been making a lot of changes and not "applying" them, this can be a pretty bad thing to do. Conversely, if you want to scrap all your changes and start over again, Cancel is the button for you. |
