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Configuring the Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP)

Example entry for automatic dialup

Assume that the following information was entered with the PPP Manager:

Field Entry
Local host name ppp-nile
Host IP address 10.0.246.77
Destination name ppp-tokyo
Destination IP address 10.0.118.55
Netmask 255.255.0.0
UUCP destination name ppp-tokyo
Number of UUCP retries 3
Debug level 1
Inactivity timeout 3
IP address negotiation No
Assume that all other values are defaults. The resulting /etc/ppphosts entry appears as:

   ppp-tokyo:ppp-nile uucp=ppp-tokyo retry=3 mask=255.255.0.0 \
   debug=1 idle=3 noipaddr

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