The Devices file contains information for direct links and network
connections. Each entry has the format:
type dataport – speed dialer-arg …
Only TCP/IP connections are supported. Specify this entry in
the Devices file:
TCP - - -
The following list describes
what each field represents:
- type
- Describes the type of link. The following keyword is a valid
entry for this field:
- TCP
- A link through TCP/IP. When TCP is specified, each of the other
fields should contain a hyphen. You must also specify TCP in the dialer field of the Dialers file.
- dataport
- Is the device name of the port used to make the connection.
For TCP/IP, specify a – (hyphen).
- –
- An obsolete field, dialer-port. Specify a hyphen.
- speed
- This speed must match the value of the speed field
in the corresponding Systems file entry. For
TCP/IP, specify a – (hyphen).
- dialer-arg
- Contains a list of one or more pairs with the format
dialer arg
where dialer is the dialer name and arg is
an argument to pass to that dialer. For TCP/IP, leave this blank.