Starting Solstice PPP

Once you have modified the configuration files to describe your network configuration, you can start Solstice PPP on your machine. Starting Solstice PPP initializes the PPP link manager, PPP login service, and IP dialup layer, and establishes each of the synchronous links you defined.

Starting Solstice PPP at Boot Time

By default, Solstice PPP is started each time you reboot your machine. It is started before the naming services (NIS/NIS+) are enabled, so you must ensure that the host information required when Solstice PPP is started is contained in the local files /etc/hosts and /etc/passwd.

Starting Solstice PPP Manually

If you stop Solstice PPP, or modify the configuration files, you can restart it manually without rebooting your machine.

To execute the initialization script for Solstice PPP manually:

1. Log in as root or become superuser.

2. Execute the PPP initialization script with the start option, by typing:

   prompt# /etc/init.d/ppp start

3. If your machine is configured as a server--that is, it can accept incoming calls--run pppsetmod to configure your modem.