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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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 * ["Internet Connection Sharing"]  * [[Internet_Connection_Sharing]]

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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

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

  • ?Internet_Connection_Sharing

  • WiFi


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