Red Hat ENTERPRISE LINUX 3 Reference Manual page 127

Chapter 8. Network Interfaces
LINESPEED=115200
PAPNAME=test
USERCTL=true
ONBOOT=no
PERSIST=no
DEFROUTE=yes
PEERDNS=yes
DEMAND=no
IDLETIMEOUT=600
Serial Line Internet Protocol (SLIP) is another dialup interface, although it is used less frequently.
SLIP files have interface configuration file names such as
Other options, not already discussed, that may be used in these files include:
•
DEFROUTE= answer
— Set this interface as the default route.
yes
•
— Do not set this interface as the default route.
no
•
• DEMAND= answer
— This interface allows
yes
•
— A connection must be manually established for this interface.
no
•
• IDLETIMEOUT= value
interface disconnects itself.
• INITSTRING= string
vice. This option is primarily used in conjunction with SLIP interfaces.
• LINESPEED= value
include ,
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• MODEMPORT= device
lish the connection for the interface.
, where
• MTU= value
The MTU refers to the largest number of bytes of data a frame can carry, not counting its header
information. In some dialup situations, setting this to a value of
and a slight improvement to the throughput for a connection.
, where
• NAME= name
tion configurations.
•
PAPNAME= name
Protocol (PAP) exchange that occurs to allow connections to a remote system.
• PERSIST= answer
— This interface should be kept active at all times, even if deactivated after a modem hang
yes
•
up.
— This interface should not be kept active at all times.
no
•
• REMIP= address
unspecified.
, where
answer
, where
answer
to initiate a connection when someone attempts to use it.
pppd
, where
value
, where
string
, where
value
, , and
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, where
device
is the Maximum Transfer Unit (MTU) setting for the interface.
value
is the reference to the title given to a collection of dialup connec-
name
, where is the username given during the Password Authentication
name
, where
answer
, where
address
ifcfg-sl0
is one of the following:
is one of the following:
is the number of seconds of idle activity before the
is the initialization string passed to the modem de-
is the baud rate of the device. Possible standard values
.
is the name of the serial device that is used to estab-
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is one of the following:
is the remote system's IP address. This is usually left
.
results in fewer packets dropped
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