User`s guide

Configuring Dial-Out
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AlterPath OnSite Administrator’s and User’s Guide
Configuring the /etc/ppp/peers File
The default file in /etc/ppp/peers is called wireless. The
wireless file reads a chat script from the /etc/chatscripts/
wireless file.
The following figure shows an example /etc/ppp/peers/wireless
file.
Figure 8-3: Example /etc/ppp/peers/wireless File
The example /etc/ppp/peers/wireless file shown in Figure 8-3
makes the following definitions:
•Defines /dev/ttyM1 as the port
• Defines a user named claro: user claro.
•Tells connect to initiate the connection using /usr/local/sbin/
chat with the parameters:
• -v executes the script in verbose mode
• -t3 sets the timeout to 3 seconds
• -f /etc/chatscripts/wireless, tells the application to
read the chat script from the specified file.
[root@OnSite root]# more /etc/ppp/peers/wireless
nodetach
#debug
/dev/ttyM1
57600
crtscts
lock
noauth
#nomagic
user
claro
show-password
noipdefault
defaultroute
ipcp-accept-local
ipcp-accept-remote
noproxyarp
novj
novjccomp
lcp-echo-interval 0
connect '/usr/local/sbin/chat -v -t3 -f /etc/chatscripts/wireless'