where to find and how to use wvdial

[Nils Kassube]

lu sy wrote:
>   I am trying to set up my internet connection. These are the things
> that i have:
>
>   (a) broadband ADSL modem.
>   (b) iconnect 802.11b Wireless usb adapter WPC-11u (rev 1.1)
>   (c) Aztec router DSL 600EW
>
>   I went to Application-system-networking to set up the "wireless
> connection". In the "Properties", i keyed in the net work name and
> network pass word. In the connetion settings I chose "static IP
> address"
>
>   Question 1) Is the above configuration correct? There are other tabs
> like "general", "dns" and "hosts". Do I need to do anything to them ?

I'm not sure if it is OK. Why do you choose static IP? Usually a router 
could provide an IP address via DHCP. Using that option saves a lot of 
trouble. Anyway, if you setup static routing, you will have to set

- IP address for the interface
- Netmask
- IP address of the gateway, i.e. your router IP address
- Nameserver(s), usually the IP address of your router


>   Question2 ) When I was using windows, there is an icon for me to dial
> up to my internet service provider. In xubuntu, I need to use wvdial to
> dial up too right? Accoding to the synaptic package manager, the wvdial
> is already installed. But where can i find it? How to use it ?

Wvdial is a program to dial to your provider via a good old telephone 
modem, not DSL. In your situation, the login data for your provider 
should be stored in your DSL modem or router. Then you don't need an 
extra program to connect to your provider, but that is done automatically 
by your router / DSL modem. However, if a) your router/modem don't 
support this or b) you really want to manually control the connection to 
your provider, I think you need the packages pppoe and pppoeconf. But I 
haven't used them, so I can't tell you how to use them.


Nils