Re: Trying to get on the web with wvdial.
On Mon, 28 Jan 2008 18:45:08 -0600
John Hasler <jhasler@debian.org> wrote:
> David Palmer writes:
> > [Wvdial] is handy for a newbie.
>
> Only when it works.
> --
> John Hasler
Which the docs (probably the most charming of any linux software I have seen) graciously admit:
> Nah, it Didn't Work After All
> =============================
>
> Because WvDial has a pretty nasty bunch of heuristics included for dialing
> modems, finding login/password prompts, guessing at menu options and command
> prompts, and so on, it has been known to screw up on occasion. If WvDial
> doesn't quite work for you, it's probably our fault, not yours! It's
> difficult for us to guess typical login sequences for various ISP's, and
> it's completely impossible for us to guess them all. If WvDial doesn't seem
> to like your ISP, I've got some good news and some bad news for you.
>
> The bad news about WvDial versus 'chat' scripts: if your chat script
> doesn't work, you can always fix it without doing any programming. WvDial
> uses built-in intelligence, but if its intelligence fails, you're out of
> luck.
>
> And now the good news: E-mail us about the problem and we'll do our best to
> help. If we can do it, we want WvDial to work with nearly every ISP around,
> without any special configuration.
Celejar
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