WvDial
| 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 | |
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 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:
