About ppptool

The graphical user interface for Solstice PPP is called ppptool. Using ppptool you can connect your Solstice PPP client to any of the remote servers that you defined when you ran pppinit.

If you have not installed the software license system for Solstice PPP, you are limited to a single modem connection. You can still initiate calls to multiple remote servers; however, you can only communicate with one remote server at a time. If you have installed the software license system for Solstice PPP, you can make multiple modem connections; therefore, you can initiate several calls to remote servers simultaneously. See Solstice PPP 3.0.1 Installation Guide and Release Notes or the Solaris Server Intranet Extension 1.5 Installation Library for instructions on how to obtain and install a license for this product.

To Start ppptool

You can either start ppptool from the command line, or add the command to your workspace menu.

To start ppptool from the command line, type:

prompt% /usr/bin/ppptool

When you start ppptool, the Hosts map is displayed, as shown in Figure 3-1. The Hosts map contains one icon for each of the servers you defined when you ran the initialization script pppinit.

Figure 3-1 The ppptool Hosts map

When you double-click SELECT on one of the server icons in the hosts map, the Connection window for that server appears, as shown in Figure 3-2.

Figure 3-2 The Connection Window

The Connection window displays the following information:

Connection to: The name used to identify the remote server for this connection.

Phone number The telephone number used to initiate calls to the server. This is the telephone number you assigned when you ran pppinit; however, it is an editable field so you can change the number if you want. Your changes are not saved when you exit ppptool.

Local IP address The IP address assigned to your Solstice PPP client, expressed either as a host name or in dot notation. This field will be set to <unassigned> if the remote server is going to supply the IP address. It will change to show the IP address or hostname received from the server when the connection is established.

Remote IP address The IP address assigned to the remote server, expressed either as a host name or in dot notation. This field will be set to <unassigned> if the remote server is going to supply the IP address. It will change to show the remote IP address or hostname received from the server when the connection is established.

Local inactivity timeout This is the time that the connection can remain unused before it is closed automatically.

Status: The current status of the connection.