From 125494a7f56b89b8675456081d807e5894d50d11 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Michael Shalayeff Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2001 21:21:59 +0000 Subject: add ppp(4), from netbsd --- share/man/man4/ppp.4 | 84 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 84 insertions(+) create mode 100644 share/man/man4/ppp.4 (limited to 'share') diff --git a/share/man/man4/ppp.4 b/share/man/man4/ppp.4 new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..dfb1f335e26 --- /dev/null +++ b/share/man/man4/ppp.4 @@ -0,0 +1,84 @@ +.\" $OpenBSD: ppp.4,v 1.1 2001/11/14 21:21:58 mickey Exp $ +.\" +.\" Copyright (c) 1983, 1991, 1993 +.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software +.\" must display the following acknowledgement: +.\" This product includes software developed by the University of +.\" California, Berkeley and its contributors. +.\" 4. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors +.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software +.\" without specific prior written permission. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND +.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE +.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE +.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE +.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL +.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS +.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) +.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT +.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY +.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF +.\" SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.\" 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. -- cgit v1.2.3