Automatic Connections

Solaris 7 PPP will automatically connect to the PPP server whenever a process on the SPARCstation Voyager generates an IP datagram for delivery to a host on the remote network. The first access can take several minutes to complete because PPP dials the remote system, logs in, and sets up the correct routing configuration. To avoid additional delays due to a command "backing off" because it does not receive an immediate reply from the remote end of the connection, establish the connection first by executing a simple command such as ping.

If you do not want connections to occur spontaneously, you must turn off the PPP interface by marking it down with the ifconfig command.

%ifconfig ipdptp down

Remember to turn on the interface when you want connections to start again.

%ifconfig ipdptp up