WvDial explained

WvDial
Author:	Dave Coombs / Avery Pennarun
Latest Release Version:	1.61
Latest Release Date:	September 19, 2009
Operating System:	Linux
Genre:	Internet
License:	GNU Lesser General Public License

WvDial (pronounced 'weave-dial'^[1]) is a utility that helps in making modem-based connections to the Internet that is included in some Linux distributions.^[2] WvDial is a Point-to-Point Protocol dialer: it dials a modem and starts pppd in order to connect to the Internet.^[3] It uses the wvstreams library.^[4]

WvDial uses heuristics to guess how to dial and log into a server, alleviating the need to write a login script.^[5]

Graphical frontends

There are some GUI tools which allows using WvDial:

• GNOME-PPP, a GUI dialer for GNOME
• kppp, a GUI dialer for KDE
• , a dialer based on PyGTK
• QtWvDialer based on Qt, by Matthias Toussaint
• x-wvdial, that uses xmessage^{[6] [7]}

See also

• Hayes command set
• ifconfig
• NetworkManager
• pppconfig
• Point-to-Point Protocol daemon
• USB modem

External links

• • wvdial Email list
  • WvDial FAQ
    • • • • Using wvdial with a SecurID one-shot password
• Chestnut, an alternative dialer
• eznet, an alternative to WvDial
• OpenNMS Notification usage example

Notes and References

1. http://freshmeat.net/projects/wvdial/ freshmeat.net: Project details for WvDial
2. Web site: Wv Dial . alumnit.ca . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110504183753/http://alumnit.ca/wiki/index.php?page=WvDial . May 4, 2011 .
3. Web site: 2023-07-11. The disappointingly ongoing success of WvDial. apenwarr.ca.
4. https://web.archive.org/web/20100823123930/http://alumnit.ca/wiki/index.php?page=WvStreams Wv Streams - open.alumnit.ca
5. http://linux.die.net/man/8/chat chat(8) - Linux man page
6. Web site: X-wvdial.
7. Web site: XMESSAGE(1) manual page.