ppp(4)

NAME

ppp - point to point protocol network interface

SYNOPSIS

device ppp

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 sl(4)
protocol.
Each ppp interface is created at runtime using interface
cloning. This

is most easily done with the ifconfig(8) create command or
using the

cloned_interfaces variable in rc.conf(5).

DIAGNOSTICS

ppp%d: af%d not supported. The interface was handed a mes
sage with

addresses formatted in an unsuitable address family; the
packet was

dropped.

SEE ALSO

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

BUGS

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

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