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+.\" $OpenBSD: ppp.4,v 1.17 2024/02/28 16:08:34 denis Exp $
+.\"
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+.\" From: @(#)lo.4 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/5/93
+.\"
+.Dd $Mdocdate: February 28 2024 $
+.Dt PPP 4
+.Os
+.Sh NAME
+.Nm ppp
+.Nd Point-to-Point Protocol network interface
+.Sh SYNOPSIS
+.Cd "pseudo-device ppp"
+.Sh DESCRIPTION
+The
+.Nm
+interface allows serial lines to be used as network interfaces using the
+.Em Point-to-Point Protocol
+(PPP).
+.Pp
+A
+.Nm
+interface can be created at runtime using the
+.Ic ifconfig ppp Ns Ar N Ic create
+command or by setting up a
+.Xr hostname.if 5
+configuration file for
+.Xr netstart 8 .
+.Sh DIAGNOSTICS
+.Bl -diag
+.It ppp0: afX not supported
+The interface was handed
+a message with addresses formatted in an unsuitable address
+family; the packet was dropped.
+.El
+.Sh SEE ALSO
+.Xr inet 4 ,
+.Xr pppoe 4 ,
+.Xr pppx 4 ,
+.Xr hostname.if 5 ,
+.Xr ifconfig 8 ,
+.Xr netstart 8 ,
+.Xr pppd 8 ,
+.Xr pppstats 8
+.Sh STANDARDS
+.Rs
+.%A W. Simpson
+.%D July 1994
+.%R RFC 1661
+.%T The Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP)
+.Re
+.Sh HISTORY
+The
+.Nm
+device appeared in
+.Ox 1.2 .