Managing Communication |
The pppd options are described below:
connect ‘chat etc...’
This option gives the command to contact the PPP server. The ‘chat’ program is used to dial a remote computer. The entire command is enclosed in single quotes because pppd expects a
verbose mode; log what we do to syslog
“ “
Double
ATDT5551212
Dial the modem, and then ...
CONNECT
Wait for an answer.
“ “
Send a return (null text followed by the usual return)
ogin: username word: password
Log in with username and password.
Refer to the chat man page, chat.8, for more information about the chat utility.
/dev/
Specify the callout serial port.
115200
The baud rate.
debug
Log status in syslog.
crtscts
Use hardware flow control between computer and modem (at 115200 this is a must).
modem
Indicates that this is a modem device; pppd will hang up the phone before and after making the call.
defaultroute
Once the PPP link is established, make it the default route; if you have a PPP link to the Internet, this is probably what you want.
192.1.1.17
This is a degenerate case of a general option of the form x.x.x.x:y.y.y.y. Here x.x.x.x is the local IP address and y.y.y.y is the IP address of the remote end of the PPP connection. If this option is not specified, or if just one side is specified, then x.x.x.x defaults to the IP address associated with the local machine’s hostname (located in /etc/hosts), and y.y.y.y is determined by the remote machine.
Example 2: Connecting to a PPP server over a hard-wired link
If a username and password are not required, use the following command (note that noipdefault is optional):
#pppd connect ‘chat
If a username and password is required, use the following command (note that noipdefault is optional, and root is both the username and password):
#pppd connect ‘chat
