| Original author(s) | Dave Coombs / Avery Pennarun |
|---|---|
| Stable release | 1.61
/ September 19, 2009 |
| Repository | |
| Operating system | Linux |
| Type | Internet |
| License | GNU Lesser General Public License |
| Website | alumnit.ca at the Wayback Machine (archived 2011-05-04) |
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.[3] It uses the wvstreams library.[4]
WvDial uses heuristics to guess how to dial and log into a server, alleviating the need to write a login script.[5]
Graphical frontends[edit]
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[6][7]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ freshmeat.net: Project details for WvDial
- ^ "Wv Dial". alumnit.ca. Archived from the original on May 4, 2011.
- ^ "The disappointingly ongoing success of WvDial". apenwarr.ca. Retrieved 2023-07-11.
- ^ Wv Streams - open.alumnit.ca
- ^ chat(8) - Linux man page
- ^ "X-wvdial".
- ^ "XMESSAGE(1) manual page".
External links[edit]
Official website at the Wayback Machine (archived 2011-05-04)
- "wvdial". Freecode.
- "x-wvdial". Freecode.
- – Linux User Commands Manual
- – Linux User Commands Manual
- – 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