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Name

xdialppp - X front end to manage and configurate ppp connections

Synopsis

xdialppp

Description

xdialppp is a user friendly X application that allows configurating and managing a ppp connection. It was written with the intention of performing an easy ppp connection with an ISP.It generates two scripts and uses pppd to perform the connection. xdialppp is divided in 2 steps : 1)
Configurating and 2) Managing the ppp connection. The first time that xdialppp is executed, it will show a message telling that the configuration files could not be found, so it has to be configurated first (by pressing the Configurate button).
Configurating:
In this step, all the information needed to perform the connection should be entered. For example: the ISP’s phone #, username, password, etc. Many options come with a default setting, that should work fine for most users. When all needed data is entered, the OK button should be pressed, so the scripts are built, and xdialppp is ready to enter step 2. A name for the connection should be provided , and a name for a configuration file will be asked.
Managing:
Once all options are configurated properly, the connection can be started or stopped pressing the Connect and Disconnect button respectively. There is also a console log that shows the progress of the connection.

Options

This application was built using xforms library, so it recognizes all the xforms options. For more information, see forms(5) or http://bragg.phys.uwm.edu/xforms

Files

/usr/local/lib/xdialppp/xppprc
This file specifies the location of the specific config file (next file)
/usr/local/lib/xdialppp/<connectionname>.xppprc
This file specifies which are the two generated scripts.
/usr/local/lib/xdialppp/<connectionname>.ppp-init
This is file is used to start the ppp daemon.
/usr/local/lib/xdialppp/<connectionname>.ppp-dial
This file is used to dial.
/usr/local/lib/xdialppp/ppp-off
This file is used finish the connection.

Author

Diego Rodrigo <d.rodrigo@computer.org>
This application is distributed under the GNU General Public License.

See Also

pppd(8)
The README file, which is more up to date !


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