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893-741-B A14-37
Configuring Hosts and Servers
• The following characters have special meanings: colon (:), plus sign (+), at sign (@), slash (/
), comma (,), semicolon (;), backslash (\), hyphen (-), and pound (#).
• The rotary name string cannot contain a space, a tab, or a comma (,) but it can contain the
syntax characters listed above if they are escaped with a backslash (\).
• Spaces and tabs can be used anywhere to improve readability.
• Spaces or tabs must delimit keywords.
For a detailed description on customizing, configuring, and using rotaries, see Rotaries on page A4-9.
Creating dialout Entries in the Configuration File
Each entry in the dialout section of the configuration file defines a dial-out route. Table A14-9 lists
the field definitions for dialout entries. The format for a dialout entry looks like this:
%dialout
global_timeout <time-out value>
# this is a comment line
begin_route<route id>
local
<local address>
remote <remote address>
mode <SLIP or PPP>
ports <port set/rotary>
phone <phone number>
chat <chat script list>
filter <filter command>
disabled<time interval>
advertise<Y or N>
set
<parameter_name setting>
end_route
Table A14-9. Field Definitions for dialout Entries
Field Definition
begin_route Marks the beginning of a dial-route entry and defines the
route ID (an integer).
local The IP address or machine name of the interface’s local end
point. If this optional field is omitted, the Model 5390
address is used.