Bug#559774: ITP: modem-cmd -- send arbitrary AT commands to your modem
On Mon, Dec 07, 2009 at 08:10:12AM -0600, John Hasler wrote:
> Why don't you just bring back dip?
>
> toncho/~ apt-cache show dip
> Package: dip
> Status: install ok installed
> Priority: extra
> Section: net
> Installed-Size: 300
> Maintainer: Mark W. Eichin <eichin@thok.org>
> Version: 3.3.7p-4
> Replaces: netstd (<= 2.14)
> Depends: libc6 (>= 2.2.4-4), liblockdev1
> Conffiles:
> /etc/diphosts 7cbf2c9d02415cd75fafac56a6c62dc8
> /etc/slip.dip 0907d6a1717749ea2827498f5bfa4ec5
> /etc/ppp.dip 4fbc6b28e998e7fa098d08e0ab1efae4
> Description: Tool for handling SLIP/PPP dialup IP connections
> This program handles the connections needed for dialup IP links, like
> SLIP or PPP. It can handle both incoming and outgoing connections,
> using password security for incoming connections.
I'm not familiar with it. Is it usable for this purpose? It seems to fall
in the same cathegory as ppp/wvdial/etc (i.e. designed to do a lot more than
just dial a number).
--
Robert Millan
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