User`s guide

Miscellaneous Procedures 557
Configuring Dial-Out
3. Save and quit the file.
4. Check the route(s) by issuing the following command.
Configuring Dial-Out Through Modems Accessed
as Serial Devices
Although only wireless PCMCIA cards are tested and supported, the OnSite
can be configured to dial out through any modem that can be connected to or
viewed as a serial device, including any of the following:
• An external modem connected to one of the following:
• Either of the OnSite’s AUX ports ttyA1 or ttyA2
• The OnSite's console port
• Any of the OnSite's serial ports ttyS1 through ttyS
• The internal V.90 modem in the OnSite at ttyA3
• A non-wireless modem PCMCIA card at ttyM1 or ttym2
The OnSite administrator needs to do the following
• Edit /etc/portslave/pslave.conf to configure the port with the
“generic-dial” option, which prevents portslave from being started on
the port and starts the generic application that manages dial-out instead.
• Do all the tasks in Table 8-8, “Tasks for Configuring Dial-out,” on page
546.
T To Configure Serial Ports for Dial-Out
Perform this procedure to enable dial-out through a modem connected to any
of the ports described under “Configuring Dial-Out Through Modems
Accessed as Serial Devices” on page 557. See “Port Numbers and Aliases” on
page 47 for port numbers for ports on the OnSite.
1. Open the /etc/portslave/pslave.conf file for editing.
2. Define generic_dial as the protocol for the port to which the modem
is connected.
[root@OnSite root]# route -n