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 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 NoAssume 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