Re: Modem Script Generator
Quoting Mike Giardino (mgiardin@ssc.usm.edu):
> I'm new to debian linux so I thought I'd ask here about the usefulness of
> what I am trying to develop. I have used Slackware for a couple years now
> and at my new job I am finally learning to program well. I always
> remembered in Slackware when I first started trying to set up PPP, it was
> almost impossible. Most ISPs don't have linux modem dialup scripts so I
> was forced to hunt and hunt until I found one that I could modify to my
> needs. Now that I realize the practical applications of some programming
> languages, I figured it would be nice for newbies to have a simple perl
> script that asked them all the information needed about their ISP and
> connection and all and then create a PPP dialup script. I looked through
> debian and didn't see one, but like I said, I'm new to debian so if I
> overlooked one sorry to post a big message thats useless.
Have a look at the wvdial package. It doesn't help with generating a
script, but it does some magic behind the scenes which gets you
connected. (The docs say it's beta software, but it worked for me.)
The main problems are that you can't extract its knowledge and put that
into a chat-type script, and if it doesn't work, there's nothing you can
fiddle with short of attacking the source and recompiling.
Tim.
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Tim Bell - bhat@cs.mu.oz.au - Dept of Comp Sci - Uni of Melbourne, Australia
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