I do not know for sure, but you can try both ways 1) with a , or a ; or directly with 2) 9 then the numbers that you need to dialout. Report back if 1) or 2) worked, or both failed. I will check wvdial documentation in the meantime. Regards, Antonio On 4/12/08, Maurice <maurice@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Just one last tweak needed in my slmodemd setup via wvdial. > > Often in hotel rooms, when needing to make a dial-up connection, one has to > first obtain an 'external line', e.g. by first dialling '9' (or - in > France - '0'). > > With the Windows dialler I could do that as follows: > > 0,xxxxxxx > > where the ',' inserts a pause, to allow time for the '0' to bring the > external > line up, before the number xxxxxx. is dialled. > > Is the same method used in wvdial? > > -- > /\/\aurice Batey > (Retired in Surrey, UK) >
