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.