Solstice PPP 3.0.1 User's Guide

Using ppptool

To Connect to a Server

When you initiate a connection to a server, you use the telephone number that you assigned using pppinit, preceded by the prefix associated with your current location. There is no prefix if the current location is <default>. To connect your Solstice PPP client to a server:

  1. Double-click SELECT on the server's icon to display its Connection window.

  2. Click SELECT on the Connect button to initiate the connection.

    If your client uses an interactive CHAT script for this connection, a dialog box will appear. Type in the responses requested by the remote server. For example, user id and challenge passwords.

To Disconnect from a Server

The connection to the server is usually terminated automatically when the connection remains unused for the period of time defined by the local inactivity timeout. To disconnect your Solstice PPP client from a server manually:

  1. Double-click SELECT on the server's icon to display its Connection window.

  2. Click SELECT on the Disconnect button to terminate the connection.

To Change the Current Location

The Current Location is used to add a prefix to all the telephone numbers associated with the servers defined in the hosts map. This feature is used for mobile communications when you cross exchange and international boundaries. To change the Current Location:

    Choose a new location from the Current Location pull-down menu.

To Add a new Location to the Current Location List

You can add a new location and prefix to the Current Location list at any time. To add a new location to the Current Location list:

  1. Click SELECT on the Modify... button to display the Location window.

  2. Click SELECT on the New Location button and enter the Location name and associated Prefix.

  3. Click SELECT on the Add button to enter the new location in the list.

To Modify the Current Location List

You can modify the name and prefix of an existing location at any time. The change will take effect the next time you initiate a call from that location. To modify an existing location:

  1. Click SELECT on the Modify... button to display the Location window.

  2. Choose one of the locations from the list and modify its prefix.

  3. Click SELECT on the Modify button to change the prefix.

To Delete a Location from Current Location List

You can delete an existing location at any time. To delete an existing location:

  1. Click SELECT on the Modify... button to display the Location window.

  2. Choose one of the locations from the list.

  3. Click SELECT on the Delete button to remove it from the list.