You can use the Network Configuration Manager or its
counterpart, the PPP Manager,
to perform most PPP configuration tasks.
If your system is not already configured to use PPP, see
``Adding the PPP protocol stack''
for details of how to add the PPP stack to your system.
This relinks the kernel.
You do not need to shut down and reboot your system
at this stage if you want to configure support for additional serial
ports on a serial card that you have added to your system.
You may, for example, want to connect several modems to the
additional ports to allow multiple dialup or remote access connections.
If you want to add one or more PPP endpoint configurations, see
``Adding a PPP link endpoint''
for details.
You have the opportunity to configure one or more modems when you
add the first automatic dialup, manual dialup, or remote access endpoint
configuration to your system. You can choose to configure modems and
their serial ports at a later time using the
Modem Manager as described in
Chapter 23, ``Adding modems'' in the SCO OpenServer Handbook.
This allows you to detect modems automatically or to define
them manually.
NOTE:
You will not be able to make a connection over PPP until
you have linked the PPP stack and the device drivers for any
additional serial ports into the kernel, and you have shut
down and rebooted the system.
You can start the Network Configuration Manager in any of the
following ways:
Double-click on the System Administration icon on the Desktop,
then on Networks, and finally on
Network Configuration Manager.
Start the SCOadmin launcher by entering scoadmin on the command
line, then select Networks, and finally
Network Configuration Manager.
Enter scoadmin network configuration manager
or netconfig on the command line.
After you have installed the PPP stack with the
Network Configuration Manager, you can use the
PPP Manager
to add, modify, or remove endpoint configurations and perform advanced
PPP configuration without having to run the
Network Configuration Manager.
You can start the
PPP Manager in any of the following ways:
Double-click on the System Administration icon on the Desktop,
then on Networks, and finally on
PPP Manager.
Start the SCOadmin launcher by entering scoadmin on the command
line, then select Networks, and finally
PPP Manager.
Enter scoadmin PPP manager or
pppconf on the command line.
By default, you configure the local host using the
PPP Manager.
To configure a remote host, for example another machine on a local network,
select Open Host from the Host menu,
and choose another host.