How to Configure the Dial-In Server's hosts Database

1. Become superuser.

2. Add an entry with the IP address for the PPP interface to the /etc/inet/hosts file for the dial-in server.

   For example, the /etc/hosts file on dial-in server nubian in Figure 23-1 would have the following entries.

   # Internet host table # 127.0.0.1 localhost loghost 192.41.43.10 nubian-ppp 192.41.40.45 nubian

3. For configurations where the server's physical network does not use a name service:

   1. Add entries to the server's /etc/inet/hosts files for each remote host served.

   2. Add entries for the remote hosts to the /etc/inet/hosts files of every machine on the physical network permitted to communicate with the remote machines.

4. Add a new network number to the dial-in server's /etc/inet/networks file for the network that consists of the server and its remote hosts.

   Refer to "Assigning a Network Number to the PPP Link" for more information.