---
name: "wvdialconf"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "wvdial"
version: "1.61-10"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/wvdialconf"
---

# wvdialconf(1)

build a configuration file for wvdial(1)

## NAME

wvdialconf - build a configuration file for [**wvdial**(1)](/wvdial/1.md)

## SYNOPSIS

**wvdialconf** */etc/wvdial.conf*

## DESCRIPTION

**wvdialconf** detects your modem, its maximum baud rate, and a good initialization string and generates or updates the [**wvdial**(1)](/wvdial/1.md) configuration file based on this information.

**wvdialconf** is completely non-interactive.  You still need to edit */etc/wvdial.conf* to specify the phone number, login name, and password of your internet account in order for [**wvdial**(1)](/wvdial/1.md) to work.

It is safe to run **wvdialconf** if a configuration file already exists.  In that case, only the *Modem*, *Baud*, *Init*, and *Init2* options are changed in the *\[Dialer Defaults\]* section, and only if autodetection is successful.

## BUGS

We're willing to entertain the possibility.  Let us know if you have any problems by sending an e-mail to **\<wvdial-list@lists.nit.ca\>**.

## DIAGNOSTICS

An exit status of 0 means that a modem was detected and the configuration file was updated successfully.

Any other value means that something went wrong and the configuration file was unchanged.

## AUTHORS

Dave Coombs and Avery Pennarun for Net Integration Technologies.

## SEE ALSO

[**wvdial**(1)](/wvdial/1.md), [**wvdial.conf**(5)](/wvdial.conf/5.md).