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+.\"	$OpenBSD: ppp.4,v 1.1 2001/11/14 21:21:58 mickey Exp $
+.\"
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+.\"     From:	@(#)lo.4	8.1 (Berkeley) 6/5/93
+.\"
+.Dd August 10, 1996
+.Dt PPP 4
+.Os
+.Sh NAME
+.Nm ppp
+.Nd point to point protocol network interface
+.Sh SYNOPSIS
+.Nm pseudo-device ppp
+.Op Ar count
+.Sh DESCRIPTION
+The
+.Nm
+interface allows serial lines to be used as network interfaces using the
+.Em Point-to-Point Protocol
+(PPP).
+The
+.Nm
+interface can use various types of compression and has many features
+over the SLIP protocol used by the
+.Xr sl 4
+interface.
+.Sh DIAGNOSTICS
+.Bl -diag
+.It ppp%d: af%d not supported .
+The interface was handed
+a message with addresses formatted in an unsuitable address
+family; the packet was dropped.
+.El
+.Sh SEE ALSO
+.Xr inet 4 ,
+.Xr intro 4 ,
+.Xr sl 4 ,
+.Xr pppd 8 ,
+.Xr pppstats 8
+.Rs
+.%R RFC
+.%N 1661
+.%D July 1994
+.%T "The Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP)"
+.Re
+.Sh HISTORY
+The
+.Nm
+device appeared in
+.Ox 1.2 .
+.Sh BUGS
+Currently, only the
+.Xr ip 4
+protocol is supported.