[246c904] | 1 | <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
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| 2 | <!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.3//EN"
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| 3 | "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.3/docbookx.dtd" [
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| 4 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
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| 5 | %general-entities;
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| 6 |
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| 7 | <!ENTITY wvdial-download-http "http://open.nit.ca/download/wvdial-&wvdial-version;.tar.gz">
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| 8 | <!ENTITY wvdial-download-ftp "ftp://ftp.ing-steen.se/pub/unix/unsort/wvdial-&wvdial-version;.tar.gz">
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| 9 | <!ENTITY wvdial-size "66 KB">
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[08802956] | 10 | <!ENTITY wvdial-buildsize "2.7 MB">
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[246c904] | 11 | <!ENTITY wvdial-time "0.06 SBU">
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| 12 | ]>
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| 13 |
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[377584f] | 14 | <sect1 id="wvdial" xreflabel="WvDial-&wvdial-version;">
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[a0f03b0] | 15 | <sect1info>
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[5cd0959d] | 16 | <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
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| 17 | <date>$Date$</date>
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[a0f03b0] | 18 | </sect1info>
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[00bb024c] | 19 | <?dbhtml filename="wvdial.html"?>
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[377584f] | 20 | <title>WvDial-&wvdial-version;</title>
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[f45b1953] | 21 |
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[246c904] | 22 | <sect2>
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| 23 | <title>Introduction to <application>WvDial</application></title>
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| 24 |
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| 25 | <para>The <application>WvDial</application> package contains a no-nonsense,
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| 26 | quick and easy to use alternative to <command>chat</command> and
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| 27 | <command>pppd</command> scripts. If you simply want to dial a modem
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| 28 | without the fuss and hassle of <command>chat</command> issues, then you'll
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| 29 | want this.</para>
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| 30 |
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| 31 | <sect3><title>Package information</title>
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| 32 | <itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
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| 33 | <listitem><para>Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&wvdial-download-http;"/></para></listitem>
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| 34 | <listitem><para>Download (FTP): <ulink url="&wvdial-download-ftp;"/></para></listitem>
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| 35 | <listitem><para>Download size: &wvdial-size;</para></listitem>
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[518538f] | 36 | <listitem><para>Estimated disk space required: &wvdial-buildsize;</para></listitem>
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[246c904] | 37 | <listitem><para>Estimated build time: &wvdial-time;</para></listitem></itemizedlist>
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| 38 | </sect3>
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| 39 |
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| 40 | <sect3><title><application>WvDial</application> dependencies</title>
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| 41 | <sect4><title>Required</title>
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| 42 | <para><xref linkend="wvstreams"/> and <xref linkend="ppp"/>
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| 43 | </para></sect4>
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| 44 | </sect3>
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| 45 |
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| 46 | </sect2>
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| 47 |
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| 48 | <sect2>
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| 49 | <title>Installation of <application>WvDial</application></title>
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| 50 |
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| 51 | <para>Install <application>WvDial</application> by running the following commands:</para>
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| 52 |
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| 53 | <screen><userinput><command>make PREFIX=/usr &&
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| 54 | make PREFIX=/usr install</command></userinput></screen>
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| 55 |
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| 56 | </sect2>
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| 57 |
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| 58 | <sect2>
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| 59 | <title>Configuring <application>WvDial</application></title>
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| 60 |
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| 61 | <sect3><title>Config files</title>
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| 62 | <para><filename>/etc/wvdial.conf</filename>,
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| 63 | <filename>/etc/ppp/peers/*</filename></para></sect3>
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| 64 |
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| 65 | <sect3><title>Configuration Information</title>
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| 66 |
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| 67 | <screen><userinput><command>touch /etc/wvdial.conf &&
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| 68 | wvdialconf /etc/wvdial.conf</command></userinput></screen>
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| 69 | <para><command>wvdialconf</command> will test that you have a working modem
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| 70 | and try to determine its exact setup. You will then need to enter your
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| 71 | <acronym>ISP</acronym>'s phone number, login name and password into the
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| 72 | <filename>/etc/wvdial.conf</filename> file.</para>
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| 73 |
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| 74 | <para>You then start wvdial with:</para>
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| 75 | <screen><userinput><command>wvdial</command></userinput></screen>
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| 76 |
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[4e5749e] | 77 | <para>For more information, examine the wvdialconf, wvdial.conf and
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| 78 | wvdial man pages. Also, have a look at <ulink
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| 79 | url="http://www.electronicschat.org/nonroot-dialout/index.html">the
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| 80 | Non-Root Dial Out HOWTO</ulink> if you want to give non-root users
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| 81 | access to <command>wvdial</command>.</para>
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[246c904] | 82 |
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| 83 | </sect3>
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| 84 |
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| 85 | </sect2>
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| 86 |
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| 87 | <sect2>
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| 88 | <title>Contents</title>
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| 89 |
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| 90 | <para>The <application>WvDial</application> package contains the <command>
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| 91 | wvdial</command> and <command>wvdialconf</command> programs.</para>
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| 92 |
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| 93 | </sect2>
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| 94 |
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| 95 | <sect2><title>Description</title>
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| 96 |
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| 97 | <sect3><title>wvdial</title>
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| 98 | <para>Starts a <acronym>PPP</acronym> connection.</para></sect3>
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| 99 |
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| 100 | <sect3><title>wvdialconf</title>
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| 101 | <para>Automates the configuration of <command>wvdial</command>.</para></sect3>
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| 102 |
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| 103 | </sect2>
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[f45b1953] | 104 |
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| 105 | </sect1>
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| 106 |
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