[246c904] | 1 | <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
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| 2 | <!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.3//EN"
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| 3 | "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.3/docbookx.dtd" [
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| 4 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
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| 5 | %general-entities;
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| 6 |
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| 7 | <!ENTITY ppp-download-http "http://ccache.samba.org/ftp/ppp/ppp-&ppp-version;.tar.gz">
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| 8 | <!ENTITY ppp-download-ftp "ftp://ftp.samba.org/pub/ppp/ppp-&ppp-version;.tar.gz">
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[637955b] | 9 | <!ENTITY ppp-size "672 KB">
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| 10 | <!ENTITY ppp-buildsize "6.2 MB">
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[246c904] | 11 | <!ENTITY ppp-time "0.13 SBU">
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| 12 | ]>
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| 13 |
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[f07203c5] | 14 | <sect1 id="ppp" xreflabel="PPP-&ppp-version;">
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[a0f03b0] | 15 | <sect1info>
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[5cd0959d] | 16 | <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
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| 17 | <date>$Date$</date>
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[a0f03b0] | 18 | </sect1info>
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[00bb024c] | 19 | <?dbhtml filename="ppp.html"?>
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[f07203c5] | 20 | <title>PPP-&ppp-version;</title>
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[f45b1953] | 21 |
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[246c904] | 22 | <sect2>
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| 23 | <title>Introduction to <application><acronym>PPP</acronym></application></title>
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| 24 |
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| 25 | <para>The <application><acronym>PPP</acronym></application> package contains
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| 26 | the <command>pppd</command> daemon and the <command>chat</command> program.
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| 27 | This is used for connecting to other machines; often for connecting to
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| 28 | the Internet via a dial-up or <acronym>PPPoE</acronym> connection to an
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| 29 | <acronym>ISP</acronym>.</para>
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| 30 |
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| 31 | <sect3><title>Package information</title>
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| 32 | <itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
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| 33 | <listitem><para>Download (HTTP): <ulink
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| 34 | url="&ppp-download-http;"/></para></listitem>
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| 35 | <listitem><para>Download (FTP): <ulink
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| 36 | url="&ppp-download-ftp;"/></para></listitem>
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| 37 | <listitem><para>Download size: &ppp-size;</para></listitem>
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[518538f] | 38 | <listitem><para>Estimated disk space required:
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[246c904] | 39 | &ppp-buildsize;</para></listitem>
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| 40 | <listitem><para>Estimated build time:
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| 41 | &ppp-time;</para></listitem></itemizedlist>
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| 42 | </sect3>
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| 43 |
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| 44 | <sect3><title><application>ppp</application> dependencies</title>
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| 45 | <sect4><title>Required</title>
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| 46 | <para><xref linkend="libpcap"/></para></sect4>
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| 47 | </sect3>
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| 48 |
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| 49 | </sect2>
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| 50 |
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| 51 | <sect2>
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| 52 | <title>Installation of <application><acronym>PPP</acronym></application></title>
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| 53 |
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| 54 | <note><para><application><acronym>PPP</acronym></application> support must be
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| 55 | compiled into the kernel or available as a kernel module.</para></note>
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| 56 |
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| 57 | <para>Install <application><acronym>PPP</acronym></application> by running the
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| 58 | following commands:</para>
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| 59 |
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[637955b] | 60 | <screen><userinput><command>./configure --prefix=/usr &&
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| 61 | make &&
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| 62 | make install &&
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| 63 | make install-etcppp</command></userinput></screen>
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| 64 |
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| 65 | </sect2>
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| 66 |
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| 67 | <sect2>
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| 68 | <title>Command explanations</title>
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| 69 |
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| 70 | <para><command>make install-etcppp</command>: This command puts
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| 71 | example configuration files in <filename
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| 72 | class="directory">/etc/ppp</filename>.</para>
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[246c904] | 73 |
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| 74 | </sect2>
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| 75 |
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| 76 | <sect2>
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| 77 | <title>Configuring <application><acronym>PPP</acronym></application></title>
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| 78 |
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| 79 | <sect3><title>Config files</title>
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| 80 | <para><filename>/etc/ppp/*</filename></para>
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| 81 | </sect3>
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| 82 |
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| 83 | <sect3><title>Configuration Information</title>
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| 84 |
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| 85 | <para>The <application><acronym>PPP</acronym></application> daemon
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| 86 | requires very little configuration. The main trick is scripting the
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| 87 | connection. This can be done either using the chat program which comes with
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| 88 | this package or by using <xref linkend="wvdial"/>.</para>
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| 89 | </sect3>
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| 90 |
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| 91 | </sect2>
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| 92 |
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| 93 | <sect2>
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| 94 | <title>Contents</title>
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| 95 |
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[637955b] | 96 | <para>The <application><acronym>PPP</acronym></application> package
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| 97 | contains the
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| 98 | <command>chat</command>,
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| 99 | <command>pppd</command>,
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| 100 | <command>pppdump</command>,
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| 101 | <command>pppoe-discovery</command> and
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| 102 | <command>pppstats</command>
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| 103 | programs.</para>
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[246c904] | 104 |
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| 105 | </sect2>
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| 106 |
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| 107 | <sect2><title>Description</title>
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| 108 |
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| 109 | <sect3><title>chat</title>
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| 110 | <para>The <command>chat</command> program defines a conversational exchange
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| 111 | between the computer and the modem. Its primary purpose is to establish the
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| 112 | connection between the Point-to-Point Protocol Daemon
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| 113 | (<acronym>PPPD</acronym>) and the remote's <command>pppd</command> process.
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| 114 | </para></sect3>
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| 115 |
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| 116 | <sect3><title>pppd</title>
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| 117 | <para><command>pppd</command> is the Point to Point Protocol daemon.</para></sect3>
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| 118 |
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| 119 | <sect3><title>pppdump</title>
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| 120 | <para><command>pppdump</command> is used to convert
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| 121 | <application><acronym>PPP</acronym></application> record files
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| 122 | to a readable format.</para></sect3>
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| 123 |
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| 124 | <sect3><title>pppstats</title>
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| 125 | <para><command>pppstats</command> is used to print
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| 126 | <application><acronym>PPP</acronym></application> statistics.</para></sect3>
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| 127 |
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| 128 | </sect2>
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[f45b1953] | 129 |
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| 130 | </sect1>
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