WvDial (pronounced 'weave-dial') is a utility that helps in making
modem
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-based connections to the Internet that is included in some Linux distributions. WvDial is a
Point-to-Point Protocol
In computer networking, Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP) is a data link layer (layer 2) communication protocol between two routers directly without any host or any other networking in between. It can provide loop detection, authentication, transmissio ...
dialer: it dials a modem and starts
pppd in order to connect to the
Internet
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. 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 dialer for
GNOME
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* kppp, a GUI
dialer for
KDE
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* , a dialer based on
PyGTK
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* 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 Dale Heatherington and Dennis Hayes for the Hayes Smartmodem in 1981.
The command set consists of a series of short text string ...
*
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
A command-line interface (CLI) is a means of inter ...
*
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
*
Point-to-Point Protocol daemon
Point-to-Point Protocol daemon (PPPD) is the daemon (computing), daemon that implements Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP). PPP is used to manage network connections between two nodes on Unix-like operating systems. It is configured using command-line ...
*
USB modem
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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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