TITLE : Setting up a dial in PPP connection OS LEVEL : AIX 4.x DATE : 09/11/2001 VERSION : 1.1 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1, Check that the Async Point to Point Protocol software is installed :- lslpp -l bos.net.ppp If not installed, then install using smit install_latest 2, Create a tty to attach the modem to :- smit maktty select "tty rs232 Asynchronous Terminal" select the parent adapter a, fill in the port number b, set "Enable LOGIN" to enable c, select the baud rate required d, set the flow control to rts (RTS/CTS) e, leave all other options at their default values Test the modem and the port by dialing in from a Windows95 machine using hyperterminal and logging into the RS6000 as root. If you are able to dialin and log on to the system then the tty port and modem are okay. 3, Create a PPP user called "ppp" and set the password :- mkuser ppp passwd ppp pwdadm -f NOCHECK ppp Add the PPP start-up command to the user's .profile. cd to the user's home directory (e.g., cd /home/ppp),edit the .profile file and add the following line to the end of the .profile :- exec /usr/sbin/pppattachd server 2>/dev/null 4, Setting up PPP smit ppp select "Link Control Configuration" select "Add a Link Configuration" enter the following details :- a, PPP subsystem name [ppp] b, max server connections [1] c, max client connections [0] d, max demand connections [0] e, max ip interfaces [1] f, max async hdlc attachments [1] leave all other options at their default values smit ppp select "PPP IP Interfaces" select "Add a Server Interface" enter the following details :- a, Local IP address [10.0.0.1] b, Starting Remote IP address [10.0.0.2] c, Number of addresses [1] d, Netmask [255.255.255.0] 5, Start PPP using :- startsrc -s pppcontrold Check that the ppp control daemon is running using:- lssrc -s pppcontrold Check that the pp# network interfaces have been created using :- netstat -in