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The Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP) provides a standard way to establish
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a network connection over a serial link.
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This package includes the PPP daemon (pppd), which negotiates with
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the peer to establish the link and sets up the ppp network interface.
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Pppd includes support for authentication, so you can control which other
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systems may make a PPP connection and what IP addresses they may use. It
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also has multilink support.
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It also includes chat, for defining a automated conversational exchange
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with a modem for establising a connection between the ppd and the
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remote's pppd.
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And pppstats reports the PPP-related statistics at regular intervals for
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the specified PPP interface, such as properties and volume of packets
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received and transmitted.
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Paul Mackerras is the original author of a lot of this pppd code.
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