[PLUG] MInicom script

[Bill Barry]

On Fri, Jun 13, 2003 at 04:36:36PM -0700, Prutzer wrote:
> HI,
> Okay, well I finally got off my lazy butt and started setting up my
> linux box to dialup my isp. The first step of weaning myself of the
> one reason I keep a windows box around. 
> After much frustration with finding my modem and making it work I now
> find I can't get past the login to my ISP. Simple, yes I know,but I'm
> stuck trying to locate something intelligent (okay, simple to
> understand) off the web. 
> I need to know how to write a login script for minicom.
> Granted, I know HOW to write a script file, but I'm nervous about this
> one. Grepping a log for who logged in when is easy. 
> This I'm just nervous about. 
> I 'm only using minicom until I can find and understand something
> better, like xisp or maybe something else. But I'd appreciate(with as
> little jesting as possible) some help in getting me past this first
> low hurdle.
> ...

wvdial and wvdialconf are useful here. 

wvdialconf finds the modem and sets up an initial configuration file
in which you can put your phone numbers, login names, etc.  

wvdial does the dialing and starts ppp for your network connection.

Bill Barry