Configuring PPP

Before you can use PPP to set up a point-to-point connection, configure your PPP environment.

• Creating a connection profile
  The first step in configuring a PPP connection between systems is to create a connection profile on the system.

• Configuring your modem for PPP
  A modem provides you with analog connection capabilities (leased and switched lines). For your analog Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP) connections, you can use an external modem, internal modem, or Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN) terminal adapter.

• Configuring a remote PC
  To connect to a System i™ platform from a personal computer (PC) that runs any Windows^® 32-bit operating systems, you should verify that the modem is installed and configured properly, and ensure that you installed TCP/IP and Dial-Up Networking on the PC.

• Configuring Internet access through the AT&T Global Network
  If you want to communicate with the AT&T Global Network, you need to configure special profiles.

• Connection wizards
  You can use connection wizards to guide you through connection profile configuration.

• Configuring a group access policy
  The Group Access Policies folder under Receiver Connection Profiles provides options for configuring point-to-point connection parameters that apply to a group of remote users. It applies only to those point-to-point connections that originate from a remote system and are received by the local system.

• Applying IP packet filtering rules to a PPP connection
  You can use a packet rules file to restrict the access of a user or a group to IP addresses on your network.

• Enabling RADIUS and DHCP services for connection profiles
  Here are the steps for enabling RADIUS or Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) services for PPP receiver connection profiles.

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