+   else // failed to connect
+   {
+       if(errno == ENETUNREACH)
+          return Net_No; // network is unreachable
+       else
+          return Net_Unknown; // connect failed, but don't know why
+   }
+}
+
+
+int
+wxDialUpManagerImpl::CheckProcNet()
+{
+    // assume that the test doesn't work
+    int netDevice = NetDevice_Unknown;
+
+#ifdef __LINUX__
+    if (wxFileExists(_T("/proc/net/route")))
+    {
+        // cannot use wxFile::Length because file doesn't support seeking, so
+        // use stdio directly
+        FILE *f = fopen("/proc/net/route", "rt");
+        if (f != NULL)
+        {
+            // now we know that we will find all devices we may have
+            netDevice = NetDevice_None;
+
+            char output[256];
+
+            while (fgets(output, 256, f) != NULL)
+            {
+                if ( strstr(output, "eth") ) // network card
+                {
+                    netDevice |= NetDevice_LAN;
+                }
+                else if (strstr(output,"ppp")   // ppp
+                        || strstr(output,"sl")  // slip
+                        || strstr(output,"pl")) // plip
+                {
+                    netDevice |= NetDevice_Modem;
+                }
+            }
+
+            fclose(f);
+        }
+    }
+#endif // __LINUX__
+
+    return netDevice;
+}
+
+
+int
+wxDialUpManagerImpl::CheckIfconfig()
+{
+    // assume that the test doesn't work
+    int netDevice = NetDevice_Unknown;
+
+    // first time check for ifconfig location
+    if ( m_CanUseIfconfig == -1 ) // unknown
+    {
+        static const wxChar *ifconfigLocations[] =
+        {
+            _T("/sbin"),         // Linux, FreeBSD
+            _T("/usr/sbin"),     // SunOS, Solaris, AIX, HP-UX
+            _T("/usr/etc"),      // IRIX
+        };
+
+        for ( size_t n = 0; n < WXSIZEOF(ifconfigLocations); n++ )
+        {
+            wxString path(ifconfigLocations[n]);
+            path << _T("/ifconfig");
+
+            if ( wxFileExists(path) )
+            {
+                m_IfconfigPath = path;
+                break;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    if ( m_CanUseIfconfig != 0 ) // unknown or yes
+    {
+        wxLogNull ln; // suppress all error messages
+
+        wxASSERT_MSG( m_IfconfigPath.length(),
+                      _T("can't use ifconfig if it wasn't found") );
+
+        wxString tmpfile = wxGetTempFileName("_wxdialuptest");
+        wxString cmd = "/bin/sh -c \'";
+        cmd << m_IfconfigPath;
+#if defined(__SOLARIS__) || defined (__SUNOS__)
+        // need to add -a flag
+        cmd << " -a";
+#elif defined(__LINUX__) || defined(__SGI__)
+        // nothing to be added to ifconfig
+#elif defined(__FREEBSD__) || defined(__WXMAC__)
+        // add -l flag
+        cmd << " -l";
+#elif defined(__HPUX__)
+        // VZ: a wild guess (but without it, ifconfig fails completely)
+        cmd << _T(" ppp0");
+#else
+#     pragma warning "No ifconfig information for this OS."
+        m_CanUseIfconfig = 0;
+        return -1;
+#endif
+        cmd << " >" << tmpfile <<  '\'';
+        /* I tried to add an option to wxExecute() to not close stdout,
+           so we could let ifconfig write directly to the tmpfile, but
+           this does not work. That should be faster, as it doesn´t call
+           the shell first. I have no idea why. :-(  (KB) */
+        if ( wxExecute(cmd,TRUE /* sync */) == 0 )
+        {
+            m_CanUseIfconfig = 1;
+            wxFFile file;
+            if( file.Open(tmpfile) )
+            {
+                wxString output;
+                if ( file.ReadAll(&output) )
+                {
+                    // FIXME shouldn't we grep for "^ppp"? (VZ)
+
+                    bool hasModem = FALSE,
+                         hasLAN = FALSE;
+
+#if defined(__SOLARIS__) || defined (__SUNOS__)
+                    // dialup device under SunOS/Solaris
+                    hasModem = strstr(output,"ipdptp") != (char *)NULL;
+                    hasLAN = strstr(output, "hme") != (char *)NULL;
+#elif defined(__LINUX__) || defined (__FREEBSD__)
+                    hasModem = strstr(output,"ppp")    // ppp
+                        || strstr(output,"sl")  // slip
+                        || strstr(output,"pl"); // plip
+                    hasLAN = strstr(output, "eth") != NULL;
+#elif defined(__SGI__)  // IRIX
+                    hasModem = strstr(output, "ppp") != NULL; // PPP
+#elif defined(__HPUX__)
+                    // if could run ifconfig on interface, then it exists
+                    hasModem = TRUE;