---
name: "mclient"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "mclient"
version: "2.8-1"
release: "Debian 2.2 (Potato)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/mclient"
---

# mclient(1)

command line client for the MasqDialer system

## NAME

mclient - command line client for the MasqDialer system

## SYNOPSIS

**mclient** *\[options\]*

## DESCRIPTION

This manual page explains the **mclient** client for the MasqDialer system.

## OPTIONS

- **-h** *hostname\[:port\]*

  Specifies the hostname and optionally the port of the MasqDialer server.

- **-p** *port*

  Specifies the port on which the MasqDialer server is listening.  This option overrides and value set using the **-h** option.

- **-c** *connection*

  Specifies the connection name the **-d** option operates on.

- **-d**

  Dial the connection specified with the **-c** option.

- **-l**

  List the available connections.

- **-s**

  Get the current status of the connection.

- **-k**

  Kill the current connection.

- **-L**

  Lock the modem.

- **-u**

  Unlock the modem.

- **-U**

  Specify the user for this connection.

- **-P**

  Specify the password for this connection.

- **-v**

  Verbose mode.

- **-V**

  Display version information.

If no options are given on the command line, a usage message is printed.  One of **-\[dlskLu\]** must be specified.

## AUTHOR

The mclient program was written by Kevin Lindsay \<klindsay@mkintraweb.com\>, and is currently maintained by Charles P. Wright \<cpwright@villagenet.com\>. This manual page was written by Brian Bassett \<brianb@debian.org\>, for the Debian GNU/Linux system.