User`s guide

Configuring Dial-Out
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number is defined as 7001. An appl.retry definition is added that
changes the number of retries from the default of 5 to 7.
T To Configure the /etc/generic-dial.conf File
Perform this procedure as the first step to configure dial-out. It edits the / etc/
generic-dial.conf
file to configure the following:
• The device name for the port
• The peer filename
• The IP address and the port number of the device to which the TCP socket
connection is to be made.
See the examples in the file for other options that can be set.
1. Open the
etc/generic-dial.conf file for editing.
begin dial-out Example
inPort.name InPort
inPort.device /dev/ttyM1
outPort.name OutPort
outPort.pppcall wireless
outPort.remote_ip 200.246.93.87
outPort.remote_port 7001
appl.retry 7
end dial-out