Dialup tool including solutions for: dialup network connection, shows the IP address for this, launch/closeapplications after connection/before shut down, FTPupload to the homepage (i.e. dynamic IP-Address),synchronize local clock with a SNTP timestamp,ping/traceroute for routing diagnostics, DNS and reverse DNS lookup, Finger client, to test for new e-mail, list top lines, spam deletion, accumulation of connection count and time.