Connecting to a Remote Server

Once you have configured Solstice PPP on your client, you can use ppptool to display a view of the servers to which you are able to connect, and to initiate connections to these servers. See Chapter 3, Connecting your Solstice PPP Client to a Server for a detailed description of how to use ppptool.

It may take up to one minute to connect your client to a server, during which the following events occur:

1. The client dials the server, and the two modems communicate to set up the physical connection across the telephone network.

   If the speaker is enabled on your modem, you will hear the tones generated when the telephone number is dialed and the carrier signal is detected.

2. The client logs in to the server.

   Most implementations of PPP require a login phase. For Solstice PPP running on Solaris systems, this is equivalent to the UNIX login sequence. The user id and password sent to the server are contained in its CHAT script. See "CHAT Scripts" for more information.

3. The client and the server negotiate a common configuration for the PPP link between them.

   The policy is to converge the negotiation, if at all possible; however, if certain mandatory parameters, such as authentication parameters, do not match on both sides of the link, the connection will be closed automatically.