User guide

UNIX Computers 91
Note
If you cannot obtain a signal with the Globalstar Satellite
Antenna in a 90
o
position, try rotating it further until you feel it
click into place.
Configuring Your Solaris UNIX Computer
You can interact with a Solaris UNIX system in many ways, from the
command line to various graphical interfaces. No matter which interface
you use, you must provide the same basic information to configure
Globalstar data service.
Configuration differs depending on the type of Globalstar data service you
want to use: packet data, asynchronous connection with PPP data, or
asynchronous data only, as shown in the following table.
The configuration procedures in this section use Solstice PPP 3.0.1 as an
example. A license and software for Solstice PPP is included with your
purchase of the Solaris media. To install Solstice PPP, see the instructions
in your Solaris documentation.
Setting Up the PPP Client
You must create separate remote server icons for packet data and
asynchronous data, if you want to use both types of connections for PPP
data. “At a Glance” tables in the procedures show the key settings that
differ for packet and asynchronous connections (for example, phone
numbers).
What you need to configure for Solaris UNIX
Type of Globalstar data service: PPP Client required?
Packet data connections
Example: browsing the Internet or
sending email
Yes
PPP Client lets your QUALCOMM
Globalstar Tri-Mode Phone act as a
wireless modem.
Go to: page 91
Asynchronous connections that
access packet
(PPP) data
Example: dialing into a modem behind a
firewall, then accessing a corporate
intranet
Yes
You must set up a second PPP Client
with a different AT command.
Go to: page 91
Asynchronous data connections
only
Example: dialing into a BBS
No
Not if you use tip or a similar program
and just connect using a serial port
(e.g., COM1). Go to: page 96