User`s guide

Configure Access to Digi Passport via PPP
Chapter 2 Getting Started 35
Configure PPP from a Linux Client
1. From the command line of a Linux client on a Redhat 9 machine, run
the kppp utility:
# kppp
2. On the KPPP window, click Setup.
3. On the Accounts tab of the KPPP Configuration window, click New.
4. On the Create New Account window, select Dialog Setup.
5. On the Dial tab of the New Account window, enter the desired name in
the Connection name field. Click Add.
6. Enter the phone number of internal modem and click OK.
7. For Authentication, select PAP/CHAP.
8. On the IP tab, select Dynamic IP address.
9. On the Gateway tab, select Default gateway.
10.On the DNS tab, select Automatic configuration.
11. On the Login Script tab, specify the following under Login Scripts
sequentially:
Expect Login :
Send admin
Expect Password :
Send admin
For Expect Login and Expect Password, note that there is a space
character before the ":" character.
Click OK.
12.On the KPPP Configuration window, click the Device tab and check
the parameters. Default values can be used for all device types except
Modem. Select the device to which the modem is connected. Click OK.
13.On the KPPP window, select the Connection name that was just
configured. Enter the login ID and password and check the Show log
window checkbox.
14.Click Connect. The login process is displayed in the Login Script
Debug Window.
If errors occur, error messages are displayed on the Redhat machine in
the file /var/log/messages.
After connection, check whether correct PPP interfaces exist on both the
Digi Passport unit and Redhat machines.
Set PPP Host Mode for a Serial Port
To set PPP host mode for a serial port, go to
Serial port configuration >Host mode configuration >Host mode. See
"Host Mode Configuration" on page 71 and the description of PPP host
mode in "PPP Mode" on page 75.