Specifying IP Addresses

On each endpoint machine, you specify addressing information in these places:

• /etc/asppp.cf configuration file

• /etc/inet/hosts file

• NIS+, NIS, or DNS databases, if applicable

When you edit the local machine's asppp.cf file, you must provide the host names and, in certain cases, the IP addresses for each endpoint machine to be on the link. For example, you must type either the IP addresses or host names for each endpoint as arguments in the ifconfig section in the configuration file:

ifconfig ipdptp0 plumb 192.99.44.01 192.99.44.02 up

See "Editing the Configuration File" for information regarding the format of /etc/asppp.cf.

Additionally, to enable communications, you must add the IP address and host name of the remote endpoints to the hosts database on the local endpoint by editing /etc/inet/hosts. This process is explained in "Configuring Network Clients".