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