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| author | Jacob McDonnell <jacob@jacobmcdonnell.com> | 2026-04-25 14:02:27 -0400 |
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| committer | Jacob McDonnell <jacob@jacobmcdonnell.com> | 2026-04-25 14:02:27 -0400 |
| commit | 6d8bdc65446a704d0750217efd05532fc641ea7d (patch) | |
| tree | 8ae6d698b3c9801750a8b117b3842fb369872a3a /static/openbsd/man4/pppx.4 | |
| parent | 2f467bd7ff8f8db0dafa40426166491d7f57f368 (diff) | |
docs: OpenBSD Man Pages Added
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diff --git a/static/openbsd/man4/pppx.4 b/static/openbsd/man4/pppx.4 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..f6ee0acd --- /dev/null +++ b/static/openbsd/man4/pppx.4 @@ -0,0 +1,86 @@ +.\" $OpenBSD: pppx.4,v 1.5 2020/01/23 00:31:40 dlg Exp $ +.\" +.\" Copyright (c) 2013 YASUOKA Masahiko <yasuoka@yasuoka.net> +.\" +.\" Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software for any +.\" purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above +.\" copyright notice and this permission notice appear in all copies. +.\" +.\" THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND THE AUTHOR DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES +.\" WITH REGARD TO THIS SOFTWARE INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF +.\" MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR +.\" ANY SPECIAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES +.\" WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN +.\" ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF +.\" OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE. +.\" +.Dd $Mdocdate: January 23 2020 $ +.Dt PPPX 4 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm pppx , +.Nm pppac +.Nd PPP multiplexer device +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.Cd "pseudo-device pppx" +.Pp +.In sys/socket.h +.In sys/ioctl.h +.In net/pipex.h +.Sh DESCRIPTION +The +.Nm pppx +and +.Nm pppac +drivers works with the +.Xr npppd 8 +daemon to provide network interfaces for Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP) +sessions by request from the daemon. +.Nm pppx +operates by allocating a network interface for each PPP +session. +.Nm pppac +concentrates multiple PPP sessions on a single network interface. +The interfaces also work with +.Xr pipex 4 +to accelerate the performance of data packet forwarding, +and supports ioctls which are added by +.Xr pipex 4 . +.Pp +To use +.Nm pppx +or +.Nm pppac +from +.Xr npppd 8 +the administrator needs to configure the interface configuration in +.Xr npppd.conf 5 . +Also the administrator needs to enable +.Xr pipex 4 +by setting +.Va net.pipex.enable +to +.Sq 1 +using +.Xr sysctl 8 . +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr inet 4 , +.Xr inet6 4 , +.Xr pipex 4 , +.Xr hostname.if 5 , +.Xr npppd.conf 5 , +.Xr netstart 8 , +.Xr npppd 8 , +.Xr sysctl 8 +.Sh HISTORY +The +.Nm pppx +driver first appeared in +.Ox 5.3 . +The +.Nm pppac +interface driver first appeared in +.Ox 6.7 . +.Sh AUTHORS +.An David Gwynne Aq Mt dlg@openbsd.org +.An Claudio Jeker Aq Mt claudio@openbsd.org |
