Networking Guide
Chapter 9, Configuring the Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP)

Example entry for automatic dialup

Example entry for automatic dialup

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

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 Field                    Entry
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 Local host name          ppp-nile
 Host IP address          132.147.246.77
 Destination name         ppp-tokyo
 Destination IP address   132.147.118.55
 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