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'''WvDial''' (pronounced 'weave-dial'<ref>[http://freshmeat.net/projects/wvdial/ freshmeat.net: Project details for WvDial<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>) is a utility that helps in making [[modem]]-based connections to the Internet that is included in some Linux distributions.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110504183753/http://alumnit.ca/wiki/index.php?page=WvDial | title = Wv Dial | publisher = alumnit.ca]}}</ref> WvDial is a [[Point-to-Point Protocol]] [[dialer]]: it dials a modem and starts [[Point-to-Point Protocol daemon|pppd]] in order to connect to the [[Internet]]. It uses the [[wvstreams]] library.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20100823123930/http://alumnit.ca/wiki/index.php?page=WvStreams Wv Streams - open.alumnit.ca<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
'''WvDial''' (pronounced 'weave-dial'<ref>[http://freshmeat.net/projects/wvdial/ freshmeat.net: Project details for WvDial<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>) is a utility that helps in making [[modem]]-based connections to the Internet that is included in some Linux distributions.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://alumnit.ca/wiki/index.php?page=WvDial |title=Wv Dial |publisher=alumnit.ca] |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/20110504183753/http://alumnit.ca:80/wiki/index.php?page=WvDial |archivedate=May 4, 2011 }}</ref> WvDial is a [[Point-to-Point Protocol]] [[dialer]]: it dials a modem and starts [[Point-to-Point Protocol daemon|pppd]] in order to connect to the [[Internet]]. It uses the [[wvstreams]] library.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20100823123930/http://alumnit.ca/wiki/index.php?page=WvStreams Wv Streams - open.alumnit.ca<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>


WvDial uses heuristics to guess how to dial and log into a server, alleviating the need to write a login script.<ref>[http://linux.die.net/man/8/chat chat(8) - Linux man page<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
WvDial uses heuristics to guess how to dial and log into a server, alleviating the need to write a login script.<ref>[http://linux.die.net/man/8/chat chat(8) - Linux man page<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>

Revision as of 02:50, 16 January 2016

WvDial
Original author(s)Dave Coombs / Avery Pennarun
Stable release
1.61 / September 19, 2009
Repository
Operating systemLinux
TypeInternet
LicenseGNU Lesser General Public License
Websitealumnit.ca [dead link‍]

WvDial (pronounced 'weave-dial'[1]) is a utility that helps in making modem-based connections to the Internet that is included in some Linux distributions.[2] 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.[3]

WvDial uses heuristics to guess how to dial and log into a server, alleviating the need to write a login script.[4]

Graphical frontends

There are some GUI tools which allows using WvDial:

See also

References

  1. ^ freshmeat.net: Project details for WvDial
  2. ^ "Wv Dial". alumnit.ca]. Archived from the original on May 4, 2011. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  3. ^ Wv Streams - open.alumnit.ca
  4. ^ chat(8) - Linux man page
  5. ^ http://mac.freecode.com/projects/x-wvdial
  6. ^ http://www.xfree86.org/4.4.0/xmessage.1.html
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