ChorusOS 4.0 Network Administration Guide

Starting and Stopping PPP


Note -

Once properly configured, PPP starts automatically at boot time.


Starting PPP on the Host
  1. Become superuser:


    host% su
    Password: root password
    

  2. Start PPP:


    # /etc/init.d/assppp start
    

  3. Make sure PPP started successfully:


    # netstat -i
    Name    Mtu  Net Dest   Address    Ipkts  Ierrs Opkts  Oerrs Collis Queue
    lo0     8232 loopback   localhost  1386   0     1386   0     0      0
    hme0    1500 host_name  host_name  93612  1714  73065  0     860    0
    ipdptp0 8232 target_PPP host_PPP   0      0     0      0     0      0
    # tail /etc/log/asppp.log
    12:31:34 Link manager (2099) started 11/27/99
    12:31:34 parse_config_file: Successful configuration
    12:31:40 000531 ipdptp0 SEND PPP ASYNC 29 Octets LCP Config-Req  ID=6b LEN=24
    MRU=1500 ACCM=000a0000 MAG#=cdf1e77f ProtFCOMP AddrCCOMP

Stopping PPP on the Host
  1. Become superuser:


    host% su
    Password: root password
    

  2. Stop PPP:


    # /etc/init.d/assppp stop