Serial port ConfigurePPPdial-in mode
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4. For Mode, select PPP-Dial-in. The default is Remote.
5. (Optional) For Label, enter a label that will be used when referring to this port.
6. For Baud rate, select the baud rate used by the device to which you want to connect. The
default is9600.
7. For Flow control, select the type of flow control used by the device to which you want to
connect. The default is None.
8. For Idle timeout, type the amount of time that the active session can be idle before the
session is disconnected.
Allowed values are any number of weeks, days, hours, minutes, or seconds, and take the
format number{w|d|h|m|s}.
For example, to set Idle timeout to ten minutes, enter 10m or 600s.
9. Click to expand PPP dial-in.
10. For Local IP address, type the IPaddressassigned to this interface.
11. For Remote IP address, type the IPaddressassigned to the remote peer.
12. For Metric, set the priority of routes associated with this interface. If there are multiple active
routes that match a destination, then the route with the lowest metric will be used.
13. For Default route, toggle to control whether a default route gets added for the PPPinterface.
This feature is disabled by default.
14. For Zone, select the firewall zonefor this interface. This can be used by packet filtering rules
and access control liststo restrict network traffic on this interface.
15. For Authentication method, select the method used to authenticate the remote peer. Allowed
values are:
n
None: No authentication is required.
n
Automatic: Attempt to authenticate using CHAPfirst, and then PAP.
n
CHAP: Use Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol (CHAP) to authenticate.
n
PAP: Use Password Authentication Protocol (PAP) to authenticate.
If Automatic, CHAP, or PAPare selected, type the Username and Password used to
authenticate the remote peer.
16. (Optional) Configure the serial port to use a custom PPPconfiguration file:
a. Click to expand Custom PPP configuration.
b. Click Enable to enable the use of a custom PPPconfiguration file.
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