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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. | 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. |
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* http://osx.freshmeat.net/projects/x-wvdial - ["x-wvdial"] (not packaged). It uses ["xmessage"] for displaying panels containing connection and status information. | * http://osx.freshmeat.net/projects/x-wvdial - [[x-wvdial]] (not packaged). It uses [[xmessage]] for displaying panels containing connection and status information. |
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Assuming everything works perfectly, the following will get you on-line if you're running as ["root"]. | Assuming everything works perfectly, the following will get you on-line if you're running as [[root]]. |
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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.
Debian Package: wvdial
Graphical frontends
http://osx.freshmeat.net/projects/x-wvdial - ?x-wvdial (not packaged). It uses ?xmessage for displaying panels containing connection and status information.
Quick Start
Assuming everything works perfectly, the following will get you on-line if you're running as root.
wvdialconf /etc/wvdial.conf vi /etc/wvdial.conf
edit username/password/phone number
vi /etc/resolv.conf
edit ?nameservers
wvdial
See also
Other interesting links
wvdial in Wikipedia
http://open.nit.ca/wiki/index.php?page=WvDialFAQ - wvdial's FAQ
http://open.nit.ca/wiki/index.php?page=MailingLists - wvdial's mailing lists
http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/PPP-HOWTO/x314.html - Linux PPP ?HowTo (configure wvdial)
http://support.real-time.com/linux/dialup/wvdial.html - example