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.