Software:WvDial
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Short description: Computer program for assisting modem connections
| Original author(s) | Dave Coombs / Avery Pennarun |
|---|---|
| Stable release | 1.61
/ September 19, 2009 |
| Operating system | Linux |
| Type | Internet |
| License | GNU Lesser General Public License |
| Website | alumnit.ca |
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
References
- ↑ freshmeat.net: Project details for WvDial
- ↑ "Wv Dial". alumnit.ca. http://alumnit.ca/wiki/index.php?page=WvDial.
- ↑ "The disappointingly ongoing success of WvDial". https://apenwarr.ca/log/20091224.
- ↑ Wv Streams - open.alumnit.ca
- ↑ chat(8) - Linux man page
- ↑ "X-wvdial". http://mac.freecode.com/projects/x-wvdial.
- ↑ "XMESSAGE(1) manual page". http://www.xfree86.org/4.4.0/xmessage.1.html.
External links
- "wvdial". http://freecode.com/projects/wvdial/.
- "x-wvdial". http://freecode.com/projects/x-wvdial/.
- – Linux User Commands Manual
- – Linux User Commands Manual
- – Linux File Formats Manual
- Using wvdial with a SecurID one-shot password
- Chestnut, an alternative dialer
- eznet, an alternative to WvDial
- OpenNMS Notification usage example
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