Starting up and Stopping Your New PPP Link

You can start PPP either automatically, at boot time, or manually from the command line.

How to Manually Start PPP

You can start PPP manually, although this is not normally required.

1. Become superuser and type:

   # /etc/init.d/asppp start

How to Verify That PPP Is Running

1. Run the ps command:

   # ps -e | grep asppp

   The resulting output from grep should list the aspppd daemon, indicating that PPP is running.

2. If you do get results, verify that you can reach the remote PPP link by typing:

   # ping remote-host 300

   This version of ping sets a timeout value of 5 minutes (300 seconds). You should receive output similar to remote-host is alive. If you receive a different notice, such as remote-host unreachable, route configuration has failed.

3. Check for errors in the configuration process by examining the log file.

   # tail /var/adm/log/asppp.log

   The asppp.log contains error messages if any errors were encountered during configuration.

See Chapter 10, Troubleshooting PPP, for information on troubleshooting and problem solving.

How to Stop PPP

1. To stop PPP operations on your network, type:

   # /etc/init.d/asppp stop