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PPPD, CONNECT
*Conan The Librarian
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Establishes a network connection to a device located on the
current physical port or specified remote port.
Format
CONNECT device-name[:]
device-name[:]
Optional. Supplies the name of a device through which the network
connection is made. The device name has the form ddcu where dd
is the device code, c is the controller designation, and u is the
unit number. LAN devices are specified as the name of the device
that is unit 0. For example, the first terminal device on a LAN
is specified as TTA0, the second as TTB0.
None.
PPPD> CONNECT TTA1:
%PPPD-I-CONNECTTERM, converting connection on device _TTA1: to a
Point-to-Point connection
The command in this example creates a temporary network
connection to the serial port TTA1. The port is ready to
receive the PPP setup negotiations initiated by the host at
the other end of the serial connection.