source: connect/dialup/ppp.xml@ a90bc8c

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  <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
  %general-entities;

  <!ENTITY ppp-download-http "http://samba.org/ftp/ppp/ppp-&ppp-version;.tar.gz">
  <!ENTITY ppp-download-ftp  "&gentoo-ftp-repo;/ppp-&ppp-version;.tar.gz">
  <!ENTITY ppp-md5sum        "183800762e266132218b204dfb428d29">
  <!ENTITY ppp-size          "673 KB">
  <!ENTITY ppp-buildsize     "5.6 MB">
  <!ENTITY ppp-time          "0.1 SBU">
]>

<sect1 id="ppp" xreflabel="PPP-&ppp-version;">
  <?dbhtml filename="ppp.html"?>

  <sect1info>
    <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
    <date>$Date$</date>
  </sect1info>

  <title>PPP-&ppp-version;</title>

  <indexterm zone="ppp">
    <primary sortas="a-PPP">PPP</primary>
  </indexterm>

  <sect2 role="package">
    <title>Introduction to PPP</title>

    <para>The <application>PPP</application> package contains the
    <command>pppd</command> daemon and the <command>chat</command>
    program. This is used for connecting to other machines; often for connecting to
    the Internet via a dial-up or PPPoE connection to an ISP.</para>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
    <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
      <listitem>
        <para>Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&ppp-download-http;"/></para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>Download (FTP): <ulink url="&ppp-download-ftp;"/></para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>Download MD5 sum: &ppp-md5sum;</para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>Download size: &ppp-size;</para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>Estimated disk space required: &ppp-buildsize;</para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>Estimated build time: &ppp-time;</para>
      </listitem>
    </itemizedlist>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect3">PPP Dependencies</bridgehead>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
    <para role="optional"><xref linkend="libpcap"/> (needed to do PPP filtering)
    and <ulink url="http://linux-atm.sourceforge.net/">Linux ATM</ulink> (to
    build the pppoatm.so plugin)</para>

    <para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
    <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/PPP"/></para>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="installation">
    <title>Installation of PPP</title>

    <note id="ppp-kernel">
      <para><application>PPP</application> support must be
      compiled into the kernel or available as a kernel module.</para>
    </note>

    <indexterm zone="ppp ppp-kernel">
      <primary sortas="d-PPP-support">PPP support</primary>
    </indexterm>

    <para>Install <application>PPP</application> by running the
    following commands:</para>

<screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr &amp;&amp;
make</userinput></screen>

    <para>This package does not come with a test suite.</para>

    <para>Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>

<screen role='root'><userinput>make install &amp;&amp;
make install-etcppp</userinput></screen>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="commands">
    <title>Command Explanations</title>

    <para><command>make install-etcppp</command>: This command puts example
    configuration files in <filename class="directory">/etc/ppp</filename>.</para>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="configuration">
    <title>Configuring PPP</title>

    <sect3 id="ppp-config">
      <title>Config Files</title>

      <para><filename>/etc/ppp/*</filename></para>

      <indexterm zone="ppp ppp-config">
        <primary sortas="e-etc-ppp-star">/etc/ppp/*</primary>
      </indexterm>

    </sect3>

    <sect3>
      <title>Configuration Information</title>

      <para>The <application>PPP</application> daemon requires very little
      configuration. The main trick is scripting the connection. This can be done
      either using the <command>chat</command> program which comes with
      this package or by using <xref linkend="wvdial"/>.</para>

    </sect3>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="content">
    <title>Contents</title>

    <segmentedlist>
      <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
      <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
      <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>

      <seglistitem>
        <seg>chat, pppd, pppdump, pppoe-discovery and pppstats</seg>
        <seg>Several plugin modules installed in
        <filename class='directory'>/usr/lib/pppd/2.4.3</filename></seg>
        <seg>/etc/ppp, /usr/include/pppd and /usr/lib/pppd</seg>
      </seglistitem>
    </segmentedlist>

    <variablelist>
      <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
      <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
      <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>

      <varlistentry id="chat">
        <term><command>chat</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>defines a conversational exchange between the computer and the
          modem. Its primary purpose is to establish the connection between the
          Point-to-Point Protocol Daemon (PPPD) and the remote
          <command>pppd</command> process.</para>
          <indexterm zone="ppp chat">
            <primary sortas="b-chat">chat</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="pppd">
        <term><command>pppd</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>is the Point to Point Protocol daemon.</para>
          <indexterm zone="ppp pppd">
            <primary sortas="b-pppd">pppd</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="pppdump">
        <term><command>pppdump</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>is used to convert
          <application>PPP</application> record files to a readable
          format.</para>
          <indexterm zone="ppp pppdump">
            <primary sortas="b-pppdump">pppdump</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="pppstats">
        <term><command>pppstats</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>is used to print
          <application>PPP</application> statistics.</para>
          <indexterm zone="ppp pppstats">
            <primary sortas="b-pppstats">pppstats</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

    </variablelist>

  </sect2>

</sect1>