SPARCbook Portable Workstation User Guide
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Remote Computing
Using a SLIP Connection
You can verify that it is running with the following command:
# ps -e | grep asppp
This should produce output which will list the
aspppd
daemon if PPP
is running.
You can stop PPP manually with the following command:
# /etc/init.d/asppp stop
Testing the link
If your modem is correctly installed and the
/etc/hosts
files, UUCP
database files and PPP are all correctly edited and you have the correct
dial-in access to the server machine, the link can be tested with the
ping
command. For example on the SPARCbook ketch, (see Figure 9-1) you
could use the command:
# ping champagne-p 180
champagne-p is alive
Your SPARCbook should dial the remote system and then, after some
delay while the connection is being established return output similar to
that shown. The 180 argument, in this example, sets a timeout of 3
minutes to allow time for the connection process to complete before
reporting a failure.
Using a SLIP Connection
You can use the Connect panel and Location panel of the Notebook
Computing Environment (NCE) to establish a SLIP connection. The
Connect panel provides controls with which you can specify the
configuration and routing for the SLIP connection. For example, you
can choose whether to use the internal modem or a PCMCIA modem,
specify the telephone number of the dialup server and specify whether
to use pulse dialing or tone dialing. See “Connect Panel” and “Location
Panel” in your NCE Guide.
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