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+<table class="head">
+ <tr>
+ <td class="head-ltitle">PPP(4)</td>
+ <td class="head-vol">Device Drivers Manual</td>
+ <td class="head-rtitle">PPP(4)</td>
+ </tr>
+</table>
+<div class="manual-text">
+<section class="Sh">
+<h1 class="Sh" id="NAME"><a class="permalink" href="#NAME">NAME</a></h1>
+<p class="Pp"><code class="Nm">ppp</code> &#x2014; <span class="Nd">point to
+ point protocol network interface</span></p>
+</section>
+<section class="Sh">
+<h1 class="Sh" id="SYNOPSIS"><a class="permalink" href="#SYNOPSIS">SYNOPSIS</a></h1>
+<p class="Pp"><code class="Cd">options PPP_BSDCOMP</code>
+ <br/>
+ <code class="Cd">options PPP_DEFLATE</code>
+ <br/>
+ <code class="Cd">options PPP_FILTER</code></p>
+<p class="Pp">
+ <br/>
+ <code class="Cd">pseudo-device ppp</code></p>
+</section>
+<section class="Sh">
+<h1 class="Sh" id="DESCRIPTION"><a class="permalink" href="#DESCRIPTION">DESCRIPTION</a></h1>
+<p class="Pp">The <code class="Nm">ppp</code> interface allows serial lines to
+ be used as network interfaces using the
+ <a class="permalink" href="#Point-to-Point"><i class="Em" id="Point-to-Point">Point-to-Point
+ Protocol</i></a> (PPP). The <code class="Nm">ppp</code> interface can use
+ various types of compression and has many features over the SLIP protocol
+ used by the <a class="Xr">sl(4)</a> interface.</p>
+<p class="Pp">Supported options are:</p>
+<dl class="Bl-tag Bl-compact">
+ <dt><code class="Cd">options PPP_BSDCOMP</code></dt>
+ <dd>Enable support for BSD-compress (`bsdcomp') compression in ppp.</dd>
+ <dt><code class="Cd">options PPP_DEFLATE</code></dt>
+ <dd>Enable support for deflate compression in ppp.</dd>
+ <dt id="PPP_FILTER"><code class="Cd">options PPP_FILTER</code></dt>
+ <dd>This option turns on <a class="Xr">pcap(3)</a> based filtering for ppp
+ connections. This option is used by <a class="Xr">pppd(8)</a> which needs
+ to be compiled with
+ <a class="permalink" href="#PPP_FILTER"><i class="Em">PPP_FILTER</i></a>
+ defined (the current default).</dd>
+</dl>
+</section>
+<section class="Sh">
+<h1 class="Sh" id="DIAGNOSTICS"><a class="permalink" href="#DIAGNOSTICS">DIAGNOSTICS</a></h1>
+<dl class="Bl-diag">
+ <dt>ppp%d: af%d not supported.</dt>
+ <dd>The interface was handed a message with addresses formatted in an
+ unsuitable address family; the packet was dropped.</dd>
+</dl>
+</section>
+<section class="Sh">
+<h1 class="Sh" id="SEE_ALSO"><a class="permalink" href="#SEE_ALSO">SEE
+ ALSO</a></h1>
+<p class="Pp"><a class="Xr">inet(4)</a>, <a class="Xr">intro(4)</a>,
+ <a class="Xr">sl(4)</a>, <a class="Xr">pppd(8)</a>,
+ <a class="Xr">pppstats(8)</a></p>
+<p class="Pp"><cite class="Rs"><span class="RsT">The Point-to-Point Protocol
+ (PPP)</span>, <span class="RsR">RFC 1661</span>, <span class="RsD">July
+ 1994</span>.</cite></p>
+</section>
+<section class="Sh">
+<h1 class="Sh" id="HISTORY"><a class="permalink" href="#HISTORY">HISTORY</a></h1>
+<p class="Pp">The <code class="Nm">ppp</code> device appeared in
+ <span class="Ux">NetBSD 1.0</span>.</p>
+</section>
+<section class="Sh">
+<h1 class="Sh" id="BUGS"><a class="permalink" href="#BUGS">BUGS</a></h1>
+<p class="Pp">Currently, only the <a class="Xr">ip(4)</a> and
+ <a class="Xr">ip6(4)</a> protocols are supported.</p>
+</section>
+</div>
+<table class="foot">
+ <tr>
+ <td class="foot-date">January 10, 2005</td>
+ <td class="foot-os">NetBSD 10.1</td>
+ </tr>
+</table>