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ppp
— point to
point protocol network interface
options PPP_BSDCOMP
options PPP_DEFLATE
options PPP_FILTER
pseudo-device ppp
The ppp
interface allows serial lines to
be used as network interfaces using the
Point-to-Point
Protocol (PPP). The ppp
interface can use
various types of compression and has many features over the SLIP protocol
used by the sl(4) interface.
Supported options are:
options PPP_BSDCOMP
options PPP_DEFLATE
options PPP_FILTER
inet(4), intro(4), sl(4), pppd(8), pppstats(8)
The Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP), RFC 1661, July 1994.
The ppp
device appeared in
NetBSD 1.0.
Currently, only the ip(4) and ip6(4) protocols are supported.
January 10, 2005 | NetBSD 10.99 |