HELPLIB.HLB  —  PPPD  CONNECT
    Establishes a network connection to a device located on the
    current physical port or specified remote port.

    Format

      CONNECT  device-name[:]

1  –  Parameter

 device-name[:]

    Optional. Supplies the name of a device through which the network
    connection is made. The device name has the form ddcu where dd
    is the device code, c is the controller designation, and u is the
    unit number. LAN devices are specified as the name of the device
    that is unit 0. For example, the first terminal device on a LAN
    is specified as TTA0, the second as TTB0.

2  –  Qualifiers

    None.

3  –  Example

  PPPD> CONNECT TTA1:
  %PPPD-I-CONNECTTERM, converting connection on device _TTA1: to a
  Point-to-Point connection

      The command in this example creates a temporary network
      connection to the serial port TTA1. The port is ready to
      receive the PPP setup negotiations initiated by the host at
      the other end of the serial connection.
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