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NAME

       qADSL - Auto-login & keep-alive for Internet connections.


SYNOPSIS

       qadsl [-h] [-c conffile] [-p pidfile] [-loPsdvV]


DESCRIPTION

       Frustrated about having to "log in" to your paid Internet connection?

       qadsl is a small utility that automates the login process to Telia,
       COMHEM, Tiscali and other Internet Service Providers, ISPs. It features
       a keep-alive daemon that periodically connects to your ISP ensuring
       that your connection to the Internet are not logged out all of a
       sudden.

       qadsl works for any type of connection where your ISP has put a login
       server in your way.


OPTIONS

       qadsl options are available in traditional POSIX one letter options
       prefixed with a single '-' or the new popular --long-options style.

        -h, --help
              Displays a summary of the command line options.

        -c, --conf-file=file
              Use settings from file insted of default
              /usr/local/etc/qadsl.conf or $HOME/.qadslrc

       -p, --pid-file=file
              Use file as pid/lock file instead of default /var/run/qadsl.pid

       -P, --port=PORT
              Use PORT to connect to on LOGIN_SERVER.

        -l, --login
              Login to the given LOGIN_SERVER.

        -o, --logout
              Try to logout, close the Internet connection.

        -s, --status
              Display status of qadsl daemon.

        -V, --version
              Displays version informaiton.

        -v, --verbose
              Verbose, print more information at runtime.

        -d, --debug
              Debug, print even more information, huge amounts.


USAGE

       First setup your qadsl.conf file with the information you have received
       from your ISP. It should be at least the name (or IP) of their login
       server, your login ID and and password.

       Different providers have setup their login servers differently.  See
       the sample qadsl.conf file included in this package for help on setting
       up qadsl for your ISP.

       If you have problems connecting the flags --verbose and --debug are
       really useful tools that let you see all the interactions between qadsl
       and the login server. However, please note that when the login daemon
       has started you will not see anything more on your screen. Instead you
       have to consult the system logfiles. On a Debian system the file
       /var/log/daemon.log is where qadsl logs go.


FILES

       /usr/local/etc/qadsl.conf
              Usually the location of a system wide qadsl configuration file.

       $HOME/.qadslrc
              User configuration file, takes precedent over any global file.


SEE ALSO

       The qadsl.conf (5) man page describes the componentes of the
       configuration file.


REQUIREMENTS

       Telia AB ADSL service, COMHEM Cable internet service, Tiscali Internet
       (ADSL or broadband), or similiar service based on Orbyte Wireless
       System.


AUTHORS

       Joachim Nilsson
       Jakob "kuba" Stasilowicz

       Thanks to these people for making qadsl possible:
              Peter Stromberg - code
              Kenth Garlov - code
              Martin Samuelsson - Initial Debian package
              Nicklas Larsson - First manpage.


URL

       http://savannah.gnu.org/projects/qadsl/

                              14th January, 2004                      qadsl(8)

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