1 .TH WVDIAL.CONF 5 "December 2005" "WvDial"
4 wvdial.conf \- wvdial configuration file
9 starts, it first loads its configuration from
10 .IR /etc/wvdial.conf ,
11 which contains basic information about the modem port, speed, and init
12 string, along with information about your Internet Service Provider (ISP),
13 such as the phone number, your username, and your password.
15 The configuration file
17 is in Windows "ini" file format, with
19 named in square brackets and a number of
21 pairs within each section.
23 Here is a sample configuration file:
40 Password = my-password
55 The sample configuration file above contains all of the options
56 necessary to run the two sample command lines given above. Here is a
57 complete list of settings that
62 The location of the device that
64 should use as your modem. The default is
70 will communicate with your modem. The default is 57600 baud.
74 can use up to nine initialization strings to set up your modem. Before
75 dialing, these strings are sent to the modem in numerical order. These are
76 particularly useful when specifying multiple sections. See above for an
77 example that uses Init3 to turn the modem's speaker off. The default is
81 The phone number you want
83 to dial. You can add up to 4 other phone numbers that
85 will dial in order, by adding:
97 will insert this string after the dial command and before the phone number.
98 For example, to disable call waiting (in North America, anyway) set
103 will use this string to tell the modem to dial. The default is "ATDT".
106 You must set this to the username you use at your ISP.
109 If your ISP has an unusual login procedure that
111 is unable to figure out, you can use this option to specify a
112 login prompt. When this prompt is received from your ISP,
119 You must set this to the password you use at your ISP.
122 By setting this option
124 will prompt for your password on every dialin. Thus you don't have to save
126 .IR /etc/wvdial.conf .
127 (Option added by SuSE.)
130 If your ISP has an unusual login procedure that
132 is unable to figure out, you can use this option to specify a
133 password prompt. When this prompt is received from you ISP,
140 If your system has pppd somewhere other than
141 .BR "/usr/sbin/pppd" ,
142 you will need to set this option.
145 Try to get the Domain Nameserver (DNS) from the provider. This option is "on"
146 by default. (Option added by SuSE.)
149 Check the Domain Nameserver (DNS) after the connection has been set
150 up. This option is "on" by default. (Option added by SuSE.)
153 First DNS lookup for DNS check. (Option added by SuSE.)
156 Second DNS lookup for DNS check. (Option added by SuSE.)
159 Check the default route after the connection has been set
160 up. This option is "on" by default. (Option added by SuSE.)
163 This option only applies if you have a static IP address at your ISP, and
164 even then you probably don't need it. Some ISP's don't send the IP address
165 as part of the PPP negotiation. This option forces pppd to use the address
169 If your ISP uses PAP or CHAP authentication, you might need to change this
170 to your ISP's authentication name. In most cases, however, it's safe to use
171 the default value, "*".
175 checks your modem during the connection process to ensure that it is actually
176 online. If you have a weird modem that insists its carrier line is always
177 down, you can disable the carrier check by setting this option to "no".
182 is in Stupid Mode, it does not attempt to interpret any prompts from the
183 terminal server. It starts pppd immediately after the modem connects.
184 Apparently there are ISP's that actually give you a login prompt, but
185 work only if you start PPP, rather than logging in. Go figure. Stupid
186 Mode is (naturally) disabled by default.
189 You need this option if you have pppd version 2.3.0 or newer, to make
190 wvdial create the file
191 .BR /etc/ppp/peers/wvdial .
192 This option is enabled by default, thus if you have older pppd you need
193 to set it to `no' (or upgrade pppd).
198 detects a prompt, and it hasn't seen any clues that indicate what it should
199 send as a response to the prompt, it defaults to sending "ppp". Sometimes
200 this is inadequate. Use this option to override
202 default prompt response.
207 will attempt to automatically reestablish a connection if you are
208 randomly disconnected by the other side.
209 This option is "on" by default.
212 Set the hangup timeout in seconds. If there is inactivity for the given
213 time the connection is shut down. A hangup timeout of 0 disables this
219 will not retry the connection if the modem says that the line is busy.
220 This option is "off" by default.
222 .I Abort on No Dialtone
225 will not retry the connection if the modem says that there is no dialtone.
226 This option is "on" by default.
231 will quit after that many tries .If set to 0,
233 will happily keep dialling forever.
237 program can be used to detect your modem and fill in the Modem, Baud,
238 and Init/Init2 options automatically.
241 Dave Coombs and Avery Pennarun for Net Integration Technologies Inc.
242 Great contributions have been made by many people, including SuSE and