[246c904] | 1 | <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
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[ff769b8c] | 2 | <!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.4//EN"
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| 3 | "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.4/docbookx.dtd" [
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[246c904] | 4 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
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| 5 | %general-entities;
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[e72dc56] | 6 |
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[246c904] | 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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[e72dc56] | 9 | <!ENTITY ppp-md5sum "848f6c3cafeb6074ffeb293c3af79b7c">
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[637955b] | 10 | <!ENTITY ppp-size "672 KB">
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| 11 | <!ENTITY ppp-buildsize "6.2 MB">
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[246c904] | 12 | <!ENTITY ppp-time "0.13 SBU">
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| 13 | ]>
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| 14 |
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[f07203c5] | 15 | <sect1 id="ppp" xreflabel="PPP-&ppp-version;">
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[c99aa38] | 16 | <?dbhtml filename="ppp.html"?>
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[4839c17] | 17 |
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[c99aa38] | 18 | <sect1info>
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| 19 | <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
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| 20 | <date>$Date$</date>
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[6d4fc00] | 21 | <keywordset>
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| 22 | <keyword role="package">ppp-&ppp-version;.tar</keyword>
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| 23 | <keyword role="ftptdir">ppp</keyword>
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| 24 | </keywordset>
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[c99aa38] | 25 | </sect1info>
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[4839c17] | 26 |
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[c99aa38] | 27 | <title>PPP-&ppp-version;</title>
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[4839c17] | 28 |
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[c99aa38] | 29 | <indexterm zone="ppp">
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| 30 | <primary sortas="a-PPP">PPP</primary>
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| 31 | </indexterm>
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| 32 |
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| 33 | <sect2 role="package">
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| 34 | <title>Introduction to PPP</title>
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[4839c17] | 35 |
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[893d9711] | 36 | <para>The <application>PPP</application> package contains the
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[4839c17] | 37 | <command>pppd</command> daemon and the <command>chat</command>
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[c99aa38] | 38 | program. This is used for connecting to other machines; often for connecting to
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| 39 | the Internet via a dial-up or PPPoE connection to an ISP.</para>
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[4839c17] | 40 |
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[c99aa38] | 41 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
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| 42 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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| 43 | <listitem>
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| 44 | <para>Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&ppp-download-http;"/></para>
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| 45 | </listitem>
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| 46 | <listitem>
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| 47 | <para>Download (FTP): <ulink url="&ppp-download-ftp;"/></para>
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| 48 | </listitem>
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| 49 | <listitem>
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| 50 | <para>Download MD5 sum: &ppp-md5sum;</para>
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| 51 | </listitem>
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| 52 | <listitem>
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| 53 | <para>Download size: &ppp-size;</para>
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| 54 | </listitem>
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| 55 | <listitem>
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| 56 | <para>Estimated disk space required: &ppp-buildsize;</para>
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| 57 | </listitem>
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| 58 | <listitem>
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| 59 | <para>Estimated build time: &ppp-time;</para>
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| 60 | </listitem>
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| 61 | </itemizedlist>
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[4839c17] | 62 |
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[c99aa38] | 63 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">PPP Dependencies</bridgehead>
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[4839c17] | 64 |
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[c99aa38] | 65 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
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[6d4fc00] | 66 | <para role="required"><xref linkend="libpcap"/></para>
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[4839c17] | 67 |
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[c99aa38] | 68 | </sect2>
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[4839c17] | 69 |
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[c99aa38] | 70 | <sect2 role="installation">
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| 71 | <title>Installation of PPP</title>
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| 72 |
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| 73 | <note id="ppp-kernel">
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[893d9711] | 74 | <para><application>PPP</application> support must be
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[c99aa38] | 75 | compiled into the kernel or available as a kernel module.</para>
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| 76 | </note>
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[4839c17] | 77 |
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[c99aa38] | 78 | <indexterm zone="ppp ppp-kernel">
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| 79 | <primary sortas="d-PPP-support">PPP support</primary>
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| 80 | </indexterm>
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[4839c17] | 81 |
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[893d9711] | 82 | <para>Install <application>PPP</application> by running the
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[c99aa38] | 83 | following commands:</para>
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| 84 |
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| 85 | <screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr &&
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| 86 | make</userinput></screen>
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| 87 |
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| 88 | <para>This package does not come with a test suite.</para>
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[4839c17] | 89 |
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[c99aa38] | 90 | <para>Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>
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| 91 |
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| 92 | <screen role='root'><userinput>make install &&
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| 93 | make install-etcppp</userinput></screen>
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[4839c17] | 94 |
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[c99aa38] | 95 | </sect2>
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[4839c17] | 96 |
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[c99aa38] | 97 | <sect2 role="commands">
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| 98 | <title>Command Explanations</title>
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| 99 |
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[893d9711] | 100 | <para><command>make install-etcppp</command>: This command puts example
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[c99aa38] | 101 | configuration files in <filename class="directory">/etc/ppp</filename>.</para>
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[4839c17] | 102 |
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[c99aa38] | 103 | </sect2>
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[4839c17] | 104 |
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[c99aa38] | 105 | <sect2 role="configuration">
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| 106 | <title>Configuring PPP</title>
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| 107 |
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| 108 | <sect3 id="ppp-config">
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| 109 | <title>Config Files</title>
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[4839c17] | 110 |
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[c99aa38] | 111 | <para><filename>/etc/ppp/*</filename></para>
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[4839c17] | 112 |
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[c99aa38] | 113 | <indexterm zone="ppp ppp-config">
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| 114 | <primary sortas="e-etc-ppp-star">/etc/ppp/*</primary>
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| 115 | </indexterm>
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[4839c17] | 116 |
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[c99aa38] | 117 | </sect3>
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[4839c17] | 118 |
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[c99aa38] | 119 | <sect3>
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| 120 | <title>Configuration Information</title>
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[4839c17] | 121 |
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[893d9711] | 122 | <para>The <application>PPP</application> daemon requires very little
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| 123 | configuration. The main trick is scripting the connection. This can be done
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| 124 | either using the <command>chat</command> program which comes with
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[c99aa38] | 125 | this package or by using <xref linkend="wvdial"/>.</para>
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[4839c17] | 126 |
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[c99aa38] | 127 | </sect3>
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[4839c17] | 128 |
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[c99aa38] | 129 | </sect2>
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[4839c17] | 130 |
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[c99aa38] | 131 | <sect2 role="content">
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| 132 | <title>Contents</title>
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| 133 |
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| 134 | <segmentedlist>
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| 135 | <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
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| 136 | <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
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| 137 | <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
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[4839c17] | 138 |
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[c99aa38] | 139 | <seglistitem>
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| 140 | <seg>chat, pppd, pppdump, pppoe-discovery and pppstats</seg>
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[893d9711] | 141 | <seg>Several plugin modules installed in
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[c99aa38] | 142 | <filename class='directory'>/usr/lib/pppd/2.4.3</filename></seg>
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| 143 | <seg>/etc/ppp, /usr/include/pppd and /usr/lib/pppd</seg>
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| 144 | </seglistitem>
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| 145 | </segmentedlist>
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[4839c17] | 146 |
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[c99aa38] | 147 | <variablelist>
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| 148 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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| 149 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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| 150 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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[4839c17] | 151 |
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[c99aa38] | 152 | <varlistentry id="chat">
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| 153 | <term><command>chat</command></term>
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| 154 | <listitem>
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[893d9711] | 155 | <para>defines a conversational exchange between the computer and the
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| 156 | modem. Its primary purpose is to establish the connection between the
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[919683dc] | 157 | Point-to-Point Protocol Daemon (PPPD) and the remote
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[c99aa38] | 158 | <command>pppd</command> process.</para>
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| 159 | <indexterm zone="ppp chat">
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| 160 | <primary sortas="b-chat">chat</primary>
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| 161 | </indexterm>
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| 162 | </listitem>
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| 163 | </varlistentry>
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[4839c17] | 164 |
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[c99aa38] | 165 | <varlistentry id="pppd">
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| 166 | <term><command>pppd</command></term>
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| 167 | <listitem>
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| 168 | <para>is the Point to Point Protocol daemon.</para>
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| 169 | <indexterm zone="ppp pppd">
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| 170 | <primary sortas="b-pppd">pppd</primary>
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| 171 | </indexterm>
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| 172 | </listitem>
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| 173 | </varlistentry>
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[4839c17] | 174 |
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[c99aa38] | 175 | <varlistentry id="pppdump">
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| 176 | <term><command>pppdump</command></term>
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| 177 | <listitem>
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[893d9711] | 178 | <para>is used to convert
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| 179 | <application>PPP</application> record files to a readable
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[c99aa38] | 180 | format.</para>
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| 181 | <indexterm zone="ppp pppdump">
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| 182 | <primary sortas="b-pppdump">pppdump</primary>
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| 183 | </indexterm>
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| 184 | </listitem>
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| 185 | </varlistentry>
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[4839c17] | 186 |
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[c99aa38] | 187 | <varlistentry id="pppstats">
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| 188 | <term><command>pppstats</command></term>
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| 189 | <listitem>
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[893d9711] | 190 | <para>is used to print
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[c99aa38] | 191 | <application>PPP</application> statistics.</para>
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| 192 | <indexterm zone="ppp pppstats">
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| 193 | <primary sortas="b-pppstats">pppstats</primary>
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| 194 | </indexterm>
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| 195 | </listitem>
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| 196 | </varlistentry>
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[4839c17] | 197 |
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[c99aa38] | 198 | </variablelist>
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| 199 |
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| 200 | </sect2>
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[f45b1953] | 201 |
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| 202 | </sect1>
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