The idea of Apcon is based on IBM's Access Connections tool for the Thinkpads. Apcon is a systemtray application for KDE, that makes it very easy for users to specify and manage different network/connection profiles and connect/disconnect to/from them.
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2005-06-24 Andreas Pohl <osar@users.sourceforge.net> * WLAN info (quality, noise, signal) * detect DHCP client (dhclient/dhcpcd) * new profile structure (recreation of existing profiles is necessary for using new features, but old profiles stil work) * fixed connect script (setting dns servers and dns suffix) * added "Unload Driver" action to profile menus * DNS suffixes can be used with and without DHCP * DNS servers can be defined when using DHCP 2005-01-27 Andreas Pohl <osar@users.sourceforge.net> * added option for authentication mode * fixed connect script (detection of hex/string key) 2005-01-16 Andreas Pohl <osar@users.sourceforge.net> * added color definitions for different variable types to the expert settings 2005-01-15 Andreas Pohl <osar@users.sourceforge.net> * fixed status script for use with different languages of ifconfig 2005-01-12 Andreas Pohl <osar@users.sourceforge.net> * removed usage of sudo * new tool to run scripts as root * improved expert settings dialog - show all variables (defaults too, from /etc/apcon/defaults) - make different variable types visible (user defined, defaults and overwritten defaults) 2005-01-02 Andreas Pohl <osar@users.sourceforge.net> * first start wizard runs correctly now * fixed disconnect script 2004-12-27 Andreas Pohl <osar@users.sourceforge.net> * new tool for running scripts as root (to make sudo unneccessary) 2004-11-29 Andreas Pohl <osar@users.sourceforge.net> * new wizard to create profiles * new configuration dialogs for configurating profiles * new generic connection/disconnection/status scripts * improved profile management * removed cisco and vpnc predefined profiles 2004-06-10 Andreas Pohl <osar@users.sourceforge.net> * new connection dialog * fixed connect/disconnect new profile when changed 2004-06-03 Andreas Pohl <osar@users.sourceforge.net> * Connect/Disconnect icon * Connect new profile when changed 2004-05-12 Andreas Pohl <osar@users.sourceforge.net> * initial release
2005-06-24 Andreas Pohl <osar@users.sourceforge.net> * WLAN info (quality, noise, signal) * detect DHCP client (dhclient/dhcpcd) * new profile structure (recreation of existing profiles is necessary for using new features, but old profiles stil work) * fixed connect script (setting dns servers and dns suffix) * added "Unload Driver" action to profile menus * DNS suffixes can be used with and without DHCP * DNS servers can be defined when using DHCP 2005-01-27 Andreas Pohl <osar@users.sourceforge.net> * added option for authentication mode * fixed connect script (detection of hex/string key) 2005-01-16 Andreas Pohl <osar@users.sourceforge.net> * added color definitions for different variable types to the expert settings 2005-01-15 Andreas Pohl <osar@users.sourceforge.net> * fixed status script for use with different languages of ifconfig 2005-01-12 Andreas Pohl <osar@users.sourceforge.net> * removed usage of sudo * new tool to run scripts as root * improved expert settings dialog - show all variables (defaults too, from /etc/apcon/defaults) - make different variable types visible (user defined, defaults and overwritten defaults) 2005-01-02 Andreas Pohl <osar@users.sourceforge.net> * first start wizard runs correctly now * fixed disconnect script 2004-12-27 Andreas Pohl <osar@users.sourceforge.net> * new tool for running scripts as root (to make sudo unneccessary) 2004-11-29 Andreas Pohl <osar@users.sourceforge.net> * new wizard to create profiles * new configuration dialogs for configurating profiles * new generic connection/disconnection/status scripts * improved profile management * removed cisco and vpnc predefined profiles 2004-06-10 Andreas Pohl <osar@users.sourceforge.net> * new connection dialog * fixed connect/disconnect new profile when changed 2004-06-03 Andreas Pohl <osar@users.sourceforge.net> * Connect/Disconnect icon * Connect new profile when changed 2004-05-12 Andreas Pohl <osar@users.sourceforge.net> * initial release
2005-06-24 Andreas Pohl <osar@users.sourceforge.net> * WLAN info (quality, noise, signal) * detect DHCP client (dhclient/dhcpcd) * new profile structure (recreation of existing profiles is necessary for using new features, but old profiles stil work) * fixed connect script (setting dns servers and dns suffix) * added "Unload Driver" action to profile menus * DNS suffixes can be used with and without DHCP * DNS servers can be defined when using DHCP 2005-01-27 Andreas Pohl <osar@users.sourceforge.net> * added option for authentication mode * fixed connect script (detection of hex/string key) 2005-01-16 Andreas Pohl <osar@users.sourceforge.net> * added color definitions for different variable types to the expert settings 2005-01-15 Andreas Pohl <osar@users.sourceforge.net> * fixed status script for use with different languages of ifconfig 2005-01-12 Andreas Pohl <osar@users.sourceforge.net> * removed usage of sudo * new tool to run scripts as root * improved expert settings dialog - show all variables (defaults too, from /etc/apcon/defaults) - make different variable types visible (user defined, defaults and overwritten defaults) 2005-01-02 Andreas Pohl <osar@users.sourceforge.net> * first start wizard runs correctly now * fixed disconnect script 2004-12-27 Andreas Pohl <osar@users.sourceforge.net> * new tool for running scripts as root (to make sudo unneccessary) 2004-11-29 Andreas Pohl <osar@users.sourceforge.net> * new wizard to create profiles * new configuration dialogs for configurating profiles * new generic connection/disconnection/status scripts * improved profile management * removed cisco and vpnc predefined profiles 2004-06-10 Andreas Pohl <osar@users.sourceforge.net> * new connection dialog * fixed connect/disconnect new profile when changed 2004-06-03 Andreas Pohl <osar@users.sourceforge.net> * Connect/Disconnect icon * Connect new profile when changed 2004-05-12 Andreas Pohl <osar@users.sourceforge.net> * initial release
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