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update intro to ppp

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1<sect2>
2<title>Contents</title>
3
4<para>The <application>ppp</application> package contains the
5<command>chat</command>,
6<command>pppd</command>, <command>pppdump</command> and
7<command>pppstats</command> programs.</para>
8
9</sect2>
10
11<sect2><title>Description</title>
12
13<sect3><title>chat</title>
14<para>The <command>chat</command> program defines a conversational exchange
15between the computer and the modem. Its primary purpose is to establish the
16connection between the Point-to-Point Protocol Daemon
17(<acronym>pppd</acronym>) and the remote's <command>pppd</command> process.
18</para></sect3>
19
20<sect3><title>pppd</title>
21<para><command>pppd</command> is the Point to Point Protocol daemon.</para></sect3>
22
23<sect3><title>pppdump</title>
24<para><command>pppdump</command> is used to convert
25<acronym>PPP</acronym> record files
26to a readable format.</para></sect3>
27
28<sect3><title>pppstats</title>
29<para><command>pppstats</command> is used to print
30<acronym>PPP</acronym> statistics.</para></sect3>
31
32</sect2>
33
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