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Wednesday, February 27, 2013

Wvdial - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Wvdial - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:


WvDial (pronounced 'weave-dial' [1]) is a utility that helps in making modem-based connections to the Internet that is included in some important 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.
When WvDial starts, it first loads its configuration from /etc/wvdial.conf and ~/.wvdialrc, which contain basic information about the modem port, speed, and init string, along with information about your ISP, such as the phone number, your user name, and your password.[3]
Then it initializes your modem (strings are sent to the modem) and dials the server and waits for a connection (a CONNECT string from the modem). Any time after connecting, WvDial will start PPP if it sees a PPP sequence from the server or, alternatively, tries to start PPP. If all of this fails, WvDial just runs pppd and hopes for the best.[3]
The connection started with WvDial can be dropped by switching back to the terminal from where it was started and pressing Ctrl-C.
WvDial uses the wvstreams library.

1 comment:

  1. https://help.ubuntu.com/community/DialupModemHowto/Huawei

    https://help.ubuntu.com/community/DialupModemHowto/Huawei/E220

    https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Idea_netsetter_(Huawei_EG162G)

    http://kmaiti.blogspot.in/2011/01/how-to-configure-tata-photon-on-linux.html

    http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1811026

    http://linux.about.com/od/commands/l/blcmdl5_wvdialc.htm

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wvdial

    http://linux.die.net/man/5/wvdial.conf

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