WvDial (pronounced 'weave-dial'freshmeat.net: Project details for WvDial) 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.Wv Streams - open.alumnit.ca
WvDial uses heuristics to guess how to dial and log into a server, alleviating the need to write a login script.chat(8) - Linux man page
Graphical frontends
There are some GUI tools which allows using WvDial: GNOME-PPP, a GUI dialer for GNOME kppp, a GUI dialer for KDE , 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
References
External links
wvdial Email list WvDial FAQ
Using wvdial with a SecurID one-shot password Chestnut, an alternative dialer eznet, an alternative to WvDial OpenNMS Notification usage example