CHAT Scripts

A CHAT script (sometimes called a connect script, by other implementations of PPP) is executed automatically each time the client initiates a call. It is used to exchange information with the server during the connection phase. Solstice PPP supports two types of CHAT script:

• A non-interactive CHAT script defines all the information the client needs to exchange with the server.

• An interactive CHAT script requires some input from the user. For example, the response to dynamic challenge-response authentication.

The exact contents and syntax of the CHAT script is dependent on the configuration of the server and the authentication method it uses, if any. Therefore you need a different CHAT script to connect to each server.

Your system administrator or Internet provider should provide you with a CHAT script that enables your client to connect to their server. Alternatively, you may be given a CHAT script template that you must modify for your client. See Appendix A, Configuration Files and CHAT Scripts for more information.