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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.  The ppp interface can use various
     types of compression and has many features over the slip(4) protocol.


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

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


BUGS

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


HISTORY

     The ppp device appeared in NetBSD 1.0.

NetBSD                          August 10, 1996                              1