WvDial
WvDial is a program that makes it easy to connect your Linux workstation to the Internet. It is a PPP dialer with built-in intelligence: it will automatically detect your modem, and it can log into almost any Internet provider's server without any special configuration.
Frontends
Installation
Installing wvdial with a package manager will use debconf and wvdialconf(1) to establish the /etc/wvdial.conf file, with the necessary connection values (i.e. phone number, username, password) supplied by you.
To repeat the configuration process after installation, run dpkg-reconfigure wvdial.
Usage
Once configured, WvDial can be started/stopped using the pon.wvdial and poff.wvdial scripts or via the GNOME frontend. A wvdial method is also available in interfaces(5) for use with ifupdown.
See Also
External Links
https://web.archive.org/web/20110504183753/http://alumnit.ca/wiki/index.php?page=WvDial - Homepage [archive.org copy]
https://web.archive.org/web/20090609004950/http://alumnit.ca/wiki/index.php?page=WvDialFAQ - Frequently Asked Questions [archive.org copy]
https://web.archive.org/web/20090609004923/http://alumnit.ca/wiki/index.php?page=MailingLists&redirect_from=MailingList - Mailing Lists [archive.org copy]
WvDial manual pages: wvdialconf(1), wvdial.conf(5)
http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/PPP-HOWTO/x314.html - WvDial in the Linux PPP HOWTO
http://support.real-time.com/linux/dialup/wvdial.html - Manual WvDial configuration example