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| Original author(s) | Dave Coombs / Avery Pennarun |
|---|---|
| Stable release | 1.61 / September 19, 2009 |
| Repository | |
| Operating system | Linux |
| Available in | indonesia |
| Type | Internet |
| License | GNU Lesser General Public License |
| Website | alumnit.ca |
WvDial (pronounced 'weave-dial' ) is a utility that helps in making modem-based connections to the Internet that is included in some Linux distributions. WvDial is a Point-to-Point Protocol dialer: it dials a modem and starts pppd in order to connect to the Internet. 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
- kppp, a GUI dialer for KDE
- pyWvDial, a dialer based on PyGTK
- QtWvDialer based on Qt, by Matthias Toussaint
- x-wvdial, that uses xmessage
See also
- Chestnut, an alternative dialer
- eznet, an alternative to WvDial
- Hayes command set
- ifconfig
- NetworkManager
- pppconfig
- Point-to-Point Protocol daemon
- USB modem
- OpenNMS Notification usage example
References
- freshmeat.net: Project details for WvDial
- Wv Dial - open.alumnit.ca
- Wv Streams - open.alumnit.ca
- chat(8) - Linux man page
- http://osx.freshmeat.net/projects/x-wvdial/ , http://www.xfree86.org/4.4.0/xmessage.1.html
Further reading
- WvDial FAQ
- Using wvdial with a SecurID one-shot password
wvdial(1)– Linux User Commands Manualwvdialconf(1)– Linux User Commands Manualwvdial.conf(5)– Linux File Formats Manual