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PPP(4)                    NetBSD Programmer's Manual                    PPP(4)


NAME

     ppp - point to point protocol network interface


SYNOPSIS

     pseudo-device ppp [count]


DESCRIPTION

     The ppp interface allows serial lines to be used as network interfaces
     using the Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP).  The ppp interface can use vari-
     ous types of compression and has many features over the SLIP protocol
     used by the sl(4) interface.


DIAGNOSTICS

     ppp%d: af%d not supported .  The interface was handed a message with ad-
     dresses formatted in an unsuitable address family; the packet was
     dropped.


SEE ALSO

     inet(4), intro(4), sl(4), pppd(8), pppstats(8)

     The Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP), RFC, 1661, July 1994.


HISTORY

     The ppp device appeared in NetBSD 1.0.


BUGS

     Currently, only the ip(4) protocol is supported.

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