Technical data

Conﬁguring Serial Lines

3.2 Setting Up a PPP Interface (Alpha Only)

For example:

$ PPPD

PPPD> DIAL_OUT TTA0

Type control-~ to send a break

control-\ to disconnect

control-@ to switch to a Point-to-Point connection.

atdt 8671234

3. If you are connecting to another OpenVMS system, log in to the system after

you dial up, and enter the following commands to establish the connection:

$ PPPD

PPPD> CONNECT

To end the connection, enter the DISCONNECT TTn command at the PPPD>

prompt and log out.

4. If you are connecting to a terminal server, enter the CONNECT PPP prompt

at the LOCAL> prompt. An informational message will conﬁrm the PPP

connection:

LOCAL> CONNECT PPP

Local -561- Starting SLIP or PPP datalink session

%PPPD-I-CONNECTTERM, converting connection on device _TTA0: to a

Point-to-Point connection

To end the connection, enter DISCONNECT TTn at the PPPD> prompt. After

the connection is terminated, an OPCOM message is displayed. For example:

%%%%%%%%%%% OPCOM 23-APR-1998 15:44:32.10 %%%%%%%%%%%

Message from user XYZnet on JONES

%TCPIP-S-PPPDISCONN, Disconnected PPP Interface PP1 on TTA0

3.2.2 Removing the PPP Conﬁguration

To remove the PPP conﬁguration, follow these steps:

1. If you created a PPP interface, return the associated terminal port to general

use. Enter:

TCPIP> SET NOINTERFACE PPn

In this example, n is the number of the interface. If you omit the interface

number, PP0 is assumed.

2. If you added special route and proxy entries with the PPP line, remove them.

3. If you changed any terminal settings in preparation for PPP, restore them.

Enter the DCL command SET TERMINAL, and wait for the modem to reset

and free the port and phone line.

3.3 Setting Up a SLIP Interface

Conﬁguring the network interface for SLIP is the same as conﬁguring the

interface for Ethernet connections. In this case, the network interface is the

modem connection. Remember that before you can conﬁgure a SLIP line, you

must choose an IP address for the interface at each end of the line and establish

a physical connection.

Conﬁguring Serial Lines 3–9