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System Administration Guide: Network Services

options.ttya.tmpl Template File

The /etc/ppp/options.ttya.tmpl file contains helpful comments about the /etc/ppp/options.tty-name file. The template contains three common options for the /etc/ppp/options.tty-name file.


38400 
asyncmap 0xa0000 
:192.168.1.1

Option 

Definition 

38400

Use this baud rate for port ttya. 

asyncmap 0xa0000

Assign the asyncmap value of 0xa0000 so that the local machine can communicate with broken peers. 

:192.168.1.1

Assign the IP address 192.168.1.1 to all peers that are calling in over the link. 

To use /etc/ppp/options.ttya.tmpl at your site, rename /etc/ppp/options.tmpl to /etc/ppp/options.ttya-name. Replace ttya-name with the name of the serial port with the modem. Then modify the file contents as needed by your site.