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Chapter 11 - Configuring PPP and Modem
Modem PPP Client
The Connection Name field determines the name that will be used to refer to this
connection when choosing which connection to dial automatically at boot, or which
connection to use as a backup for another link.
The PPP Username field determines the user name to use when connecting to the
PPP server as specified by its operator.
The Password field determines the password to use when connecting to the PPP
server.
The Dial type field determines the type of dialing system to use on the phone line.
Either DTMF (Dual-Tone Multi-Frequency – commonly known as Tone dialing) or
Pulse dialing. Almost all phone systems support DTMF, and DTMF is much faster at
dialing. DTMF is recommended whenever possible.
The Phonenumber field specifies the telephone number to dial to connect to the PPP
server.
The Default Route checkbox enables automatically setting a default route using this
interface whenever it connects. If this is your primary network connection you
probably want this option enabled.
The Use peer DNS checkbox enables automatically setting the DNS server entries
that the PPP server recommends. Enable this option unless you provide your own
name servers.
The Maximum Dial Attempts field specifies the number of consecutive times that
the modem will dial the phone number before it stops attempting to establish a
connection. If the number is 0, it will never stop and dial until the connection is
established. Otherwise, a Reconnect button will appear in the Modem Main Menu
after specified number of consecutive failed connection attempts. For Australian A-
tick compliance, a maximum number of 15 attempts is set when the country code is
set to Australia when the setting is found to be either 0 or above 15.
The Dial Interval field determines how many seconds to wait before re-initiating the
link after it terminates.
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Figure 89: Configure Modem PPP Client