This field contains the device type that should be used to establish the communication link to the remote computer. The keyword used in this field is matched against the first field of Devices file entries as shown in Example 12-2. (Note that the fields listed in the table heading are for the Systems file and do not apply to the Devices file. For a table showing the same correspondences to fields in the Devices file, see Example 12-6.)
File Name System-Name Time Type Speed Phone Chap-Script Systems arabian Any ACUEC, g 38400 1112222 ogin: Puucp ssword:beledi Device ACUEC cua/a - 38400 usrv32bis-ec |
You can define the protocol used to contact the system by adding it on to the Type field. The example above shows how to attach the protocol g to the device type ACUEC. (For information on protocols, see "Protocol Definitions in the Devices File".)