WvDial

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
Original author	Dave Coombs / Avery Pennarun
Stable release	1.61 / September 19, 2009
Operating system	Linux
Type	Internet
License	GNU Lesser General Public License
Website	alumnit.ca at the Wayback Machine (archived 2011-05-04)
Repository	github.com/wlach/wvdial

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

• Hayes command set
• ifconfig
• NetworkManager
• pppconfig
• Point-to-Point Protocol daemon
• USB modem

External links

Official website at the Wayback Machine (archived 2011-05-04)

• • wvdial Email list
  • WvDial FAQ
• "wvdial". Freecode.
• "x-wvdial". Freecode.
• wvdial(1) – Linux User Commands Manual
• wvdialconf(1) – Linux User Commands Manual
• wvdial.conf(5) – Linux File Formats Manual
• Using wvdial with a SecurID one-shot password
• Chestnut, an alternative dialer
• eznet, an alternative to WvDial
• OpenNMS Notification usage example