[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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[9be6d17] | 6 |
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[246c904] | 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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[9be6d17] | 9 | <!ENTITY wvdial-md5sum "8648c044305fc66ee33ecc55d36f8c8b">
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[246c904] | 10 | <!ENTITY wvdial-size "66 KB">
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[08802956] | 11 | <!ENTITY wvdial-buildsize "2.7 MB">
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[246c904] | 12 | <!ENTITY wvdial-time "0.06 SBU">
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| 13 | ]>
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| 14 |
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[377584f] | 15 | <sect1 id="wvdial" xreflabel="WvDial-&wvdial-version;">
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[a0f03b0] | 16 | <sect1info>
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[5cd0959d] | 17 | <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
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| 18 | <date>$Date$</date>
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[a0f03b0] | 19 | </sect1info>
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[00bb024c] | 20 | <?dbhtml filename="wvdial.html"?>
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[377584f] | 21 | <title>WvDial-&wvdial-version;</title>
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[9be6d17] | 22 | <indexterm zone="wvdial">
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| 23 | <primary sortas="a-WvDial">WvDial</primary></indexterm>
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[f45b1953] | 24 |
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[246c904] | 25 | <sect2>
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| 26 | <title>Introduction to <application>WvDial</application></title>
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| 27 |
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| 28 | <para>The <application>WvDial</application> package contains a no-nonsense,
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| 29 | quick and easy to use alternative to <command>chat</command> and
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| 30 | <command>pppd</command> scripts. If you simply want to dial a modem
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| 31 | without the fuss and hassle of <command>chat</command> issues, then you'll
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| 32 | want this.</para>
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| 33 |
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| 34 | <sect3><title>Package information</title>
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| 35 | <itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
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[9be6d17] | 36 | <listitem><para>Download (HTTP):
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| 37 | <ulink url="&wvdial-download-http;"/></para></listitem>
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| 38 | <listitem><para>Download (FTP):
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| 39 | <ulink url="&wvdial-download-ftp;"/></para></listitem>
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| 40 | <listitem><para>Download MD5 sum: &wvdial-md5sum;</para></listitem>
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[246c904] | 41 | <listitem><para>Download size: &wvdial-size;</para></listitem>
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[9be6d17] | 42 | <listitem><para>Estimated disk space required:
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| 43 | &wvdial-buildsize;</para></listitem>
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| 44 | <listitem><para>Estimated build time:
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| 45 | &wvdial-time;</para></listitem></itemizedlist>
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[246c904] | 46 | </sect3>
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| 47 |
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| 48 | <sect3><title><application>WvDial</application> dependencies</title>
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| 49 | <sect4><title>Required</title>
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[9be6d17] | 50 | <para><xref linkend="wvstreams"/> and <xref linkend="ppp"/></para>
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| 51 | </sect4>
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[246c904] | 52 | </sect3>
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| 53 |
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| 54 | </sect2>
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| 55 |
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| 56 | <sect2>
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| 57 | <title>Installation of <application>WvDial</application></title>
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| 58 |
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[9be6d17] | 59 | <para>Install <application>WvDial</application> by running the following
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| 60 | commands:</para>
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| 61 |
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| 62 | <screen><userinput><command>make PREFIX=/usr</command></userinput></screen>
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| 63 |
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| 64 | <para>Now, as the root user:</para>
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[246c904] | 65 |
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[9be6d17] | 66 | <screen><userinput role='root'><command>make PREFIX=/usr install</command></userinput></screen>
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[246c904] | 67 |
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| 68 | </sect2>
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| 69 |
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| 70 | <sect2>
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| 71 | <title>Configuring <application>WvDial</application></title>
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| 72 |
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[9be6d17] | 73 | <sect3 id="wvdial-config"><title>Config files</title>
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| 74 | <para><filename>/etc/wvdial.conf</filename> and
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| 75 | <filename>/etc/ppp/peers/*</filename></para>
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| 76 | <indexterm zone="wvdial wvdial-config">
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| 77 | <primary sortas="e-etc-wvdial.conf">/etc/wvdial.conf</primary></indexterm>
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| 78 | <indexterm zone="wvdial wvdial-config">
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| 79 | <primary sortas="e-etc-ppp-peers">/etc/ppp/peers/*</primary></indexterm>
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| 80 | </sect3>
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[246c904] | 81 |
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| 82 | <sect3><title>Configuration Information</title>
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| 83 |
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[9be6d17] | 84 | <para>Perform the following two commands as the root user:</para>
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| 85 |
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| 86 | <screen><userinput role='root'><command>touch /etc/wvdial.conf &&
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[246c904] | 87 | wvdialconf /etc/wvdial.conf</command></userinput></screen>
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[9be6d17] | 88 |
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[246c904] | 89 | <para><command>wvdialconf</command> will test that you have a working modem
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| 90 | and try to determine its exact setup. You will then need to enter your
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| 91 | <acronym>ISP</acronym>'s phone number, login name and password into the
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| 92 | <filename>/etc/wvdial.conf</filename> file.</para>
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| 93 |
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| 94 | <para>You then start wvdial with:</para>
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[9be6d17] | 95 |
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[246c904] | 96 | <screen><userinput><command>wvdial</command></userinput></screen>
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| 97 |
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[4e5749e] | 98 | <para>For more information, examine the wvdialconf, wvdial.conf and
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[9be6d17] | 99 | wvdial man pages. Also, have a look at <ulink
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[4e5749e] | 100 | url="http://www.electronicschat.org/nonroot-dialout/index.html">the
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| 101 | Non-Root Dial Out HOWTO</ulink> if you want to give non-root users
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| 102 | access to <command>wvdial</command>.</para>
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[246c904] | 103 |
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| 104 | </sect3>
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| 105 |
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| 106 | </sect2>
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| 107 |
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| 108 | <sect2>
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| 109 | <title>Contents</title>
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| 110 |
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[9be6d17] | 111 | <segmentedlist>
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| 112 | <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
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| 113 | <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
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| 114 | <segtitle>Installed Directory</segtitle>
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| 115 |
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| 116 | <seglistitem>
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| 117 | <seg>wvdial and wvdialconf</seg>
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| 118 | <seg>None</seg>
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[791e96fa] | 119 | <seg>/etc/ppp/peers</seg>
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[9be6d17] | 120 | </seglistitem>
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| 121 | </segmentedlist>
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| 122 |
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| 123 | <variablelist>
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| 124 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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| 125 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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| 126 |
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| 127 | <varlistentry id="wvdial-prog">
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| 128 | <term><command>wvdial</command></term>
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| 129 | <listitem><para>Starts a <acronym>PPP</acronym> connection.</para>
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| 130 | <indexterm zone="wvdial wvdial-prog">
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| 131 | <primary sortas="b-wvdial">wvdial</primary>
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| 132 | </indexterm></listitem>
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| 133 | </varlistentry>
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| 134 |
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| 135 | <varlistentry id="wvdialconf">
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| 136 | <term><command>wvdialconf</command></term>
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| 137 | <listitem><para>automates the configuration of
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| 138 | <command>wvdial</command>.</para>
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| 139 | <indexterm zone="wvdial wvdialconf">
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| 140 | <primary sortas="b-wvdialconf">wvdialconf</primary>
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| 141 | </indexterm></listitem>
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| 142 | </varlistentry>
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| 143 | </variablelist>
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[246c904] | 144 |
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| 145 | </sect2>
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[f45b1953] | 146 |
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| 147 | </sect1>
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| 148 |
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