WvDial (pronounced 'weave-dial') is a utility that helps in making
modem
A modulator-demodulator or modem is a computer hardware device that converts data from a digital format into a format suitable for an analog transmission medium such as telephone or radio. A modem transmits data by Modulation#Digital modulati ...
-based connections to the Internet that is included in some Linux distributions. WvDial is a
Point-to-Point Protocol dialer
A dialer (American English) or dialler (British English) is an electronic device that is connected to a telephone line to monitor the dialed numbers and alter them to seamlessly provide services that otherwise require lengthy National or Internatio ...
: it dials a modem and starts
pppd in order to connect to the
Internet
The Internet (or internet) is the global system of interconnected computer networks that uses the Internet protocol suite (TCP/IP) to communicate between networks and devices. It is a '' network of networks'' that consists of private, pub ...
. It uses the
wvstreams library.
WvDial uses heuristics to guess how to dial and log into a server, alleviating the need to write a login script.
Graphical frontends
There are some GUI tools which allows using WvDial:
* GNOME-PPP, a
GUI
The GUI ( "UI" by itself is still usually pronounced . or ), graphical user interface, is a form of user interface that allows users to interact with electronic devices through graphical icons and audio indicator such as primary notation, inste ...
dialer for
GNOME
A gnome is a mythological creature and diminutive spirit in Renaissance magic and alchemy, first introduced by Paracelsus in the 16th century and later adopted by more recent authors including those of modern fantasy literature. Its characte ...
* kppp, a GUI
dialer
A dialer (American English) or dialler (British English) is an electronic device that is connected to a telephone line to monitor the dialed numbers and alter them to seamlessly provide services that otherwise require lengthy National or Internatio ...
for
KDE
KDE is an international Free software movement, free software community that develops free and open-source software. As a central development hub, it provides tools and resources that allow collaborative work on this kind of software. Well-know ...
* , a dialer based on
PyGTK
PyGTK is a set of Python wrappers for the GTK graphical user interface library. PyGTK is free software and licensed under the LGPL. It is analogous to PyQt/PySide and wxPython, the Python wrappers for Qt and wxWidgets, respectively. Its origi ...
* QtWvDialer based on
Qt, by Matthias Toussaint
* x-wvdial, that uses
xmessage
See also
*
Hayes command set
The Hayes command set (also known as the AT command set) is a specific command language originally developed by Dennis Hayes for the Hayes Smartmodem 300 baud modem in 1981.
The command set consists of a series of short text strings which can b ...
*
ifconfig
ifconfig (short for ''interface config'') is a system administration utility in Unix-like operating systems for network interface configuration.
The utility is a command-line interface tool and is also used in the system startup scripts of man ...
*
NetworkManager
NetworkManager is a daemon that sits on top of libudev and other Linux kernel interfaces (and a couple of other daemons) and provides a high-level interface for the configuration of the network interfaces.
Rationale
NetworkManager is a software ...
*
pppconfig
PPPD is the Point-to-Point Protocol daemon which is used to
manage network connections between two nodes on Unix-like operating systems. It is configured using command-line arguments and configuration files.
While it has initially been used to ...
*
Point-to-Point Protocol daemon
PPPD is the Point-to-Point Protocol daemon which is used to
manage network connections between two nodes on Unix-like operating systems. It is configured using command-line arguments and configuration files.
While it has initially been used to ...
*
USB modem
A mobile broadband modem, also known as wireless modem or cellular modem, is a type of modem that allows a personal computer or a router to receive wireless Internet access via a mobile broadband connection instead of using telephone or cable tel ...
References
External links
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wvdial Email list
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WvDial FAQ
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Chestnut an alternative dialer
an alternative to WvDial
OpenNMS Notification usage example
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