Assigning Path Defaults

The keyword defaults is used to define a list of default parameters that are applied to all subsequent synchronous and asynchronous path definitions. Any optional parameter may appear in the list of defaults. Mandatory parameters such as ip_interface or unix_device, or parameters used to create associations between files, such as remote_host or expect_login_id, must not be used as defaults.

Take care when combining defaults for both synchronous and asynchronous paths. In particular, do not attempt to enable dynamic IP addressing for synchronous paths. To avoid errors, it is better to define separate defaults for each type of path.

For example, the following path definitions show defaults set independently for both synchronous and asynchronous paths:

defaults
    link_monitor        on
    lcp_mru             4352
 
sync_path
    ip_interface        ipdptp0
    unix_device         hih0
 
sync_path
    ip_interface        ipdptp1
    unix_device         hih1
 
defaults
    inactivity_timeout  180
    request_ip_addr     on
 
dialup_path
    ip_interface        ipdptp2
    remote_host         server0
 
dialup_path
    ip_interface        ipdptp3
    remote_host         server1