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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
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<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.3//EN"
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"http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.3/docbookx.dtd" [
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<!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
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%general-entities;
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<!ENTITY ppp-download-http "http://ccache.samba.org/ftp/ppp/ppp-&ppp-version;.tar.gz">
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<!ENTITY ppp-download-ftp "ftp://ftp.samba.org/pub/ppp/ppp-&ppp-version;.tar.gz">
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<!ENTITY ppp-size "757 KB">
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<!ENTITY ppp-buildsize "7.4 MB">
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<!ENTITY ppp-time "0.13 SBU">
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]>
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<sect1 id="ppp" xreflabel="PPP-&ppp-version;">
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<?dbhtml filename="ppp.html"?>
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<title>PPP-&ppp-version;</title>
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<sect2>
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<title>Introduction to <application><acronym>PPP</acronym></application></title>
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<para>The <application><acronym>PPP</acronym></application> package contains
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the <command>pppd</command> daemon and the <command>chat</command> program.
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This is used for connecting to other machines; often for connecting to
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the Internet via a dial-up or <acronym>PPPoE</acronym> connection to an
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<acronym>ISP</acronym>.</para>
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<sect3><title>Package information</title>
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<itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
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<listitem><para>Download (HTTP): <ulink
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url="&ppp-download-http;"/></para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Download (FTP): <ulink
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url="&ppp-download-ftp;"/></para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Download size: &ppp-size;</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Estimated Disk space required:
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&ppp-buildsize;</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Estimated build time:
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&ppp-time;</para></listitem></itemizedlist>
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</sect3>
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<sect3><title>Additional downloads</title>
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<itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
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<listitem><para>Required patch:
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<ulink
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url="&patch-root;/ppp-&ppp-version;-nobpf-3.patch"/></para></listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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</sect3>
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<sect3><title><application>ppp</application> dependencies</title>
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<sect4><title>Required</title>
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<para><xref linkend="libpcap"/></para></sect4>
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</sect3>
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</sect2>
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<sect2>
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<title>Installation of <application><acronym>PPP</acronym></application></title>
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<note><para><application><acronym>PPP</acronym></application> support must be
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compiled into the kernel or available as a kernel module.</para></note>
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<para>Install <application><acronym>PPP</acronym></application> by running the
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following commands:</para>
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<screen><userinput><command>patch -Np1 -i ../ppp-&ppp-version;-nobpf-3.patch &&
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./configure &&
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make ETCDIR=/etc/ppp &&
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make ETCDIR=/etc/ppp install</command></userinput></screen>
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</sect2>
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<sect2>
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<title>Configuring <application><acronym>PPP</acronym></application></title>
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<sect3><title>Config files</title>
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<para><filename>/etc/ppp/*</filename></para>
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</sect3>
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<sect3><title>Configuration Information</title>
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<para>The <application><acronym>PPP</acronym></application> daemon
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requires very little configuration. The main trick is scripting the
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connection. This can be done either using the chat program which comes with
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this package or by using <xref linkend="wvdial"/>.</para>
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</sect3>
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</sect2>
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<sect2>
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<title>Contents</title>
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<para>The <application><acronym>PPP</acronym></application> package contains
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the <command>chat</command>,
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<command>pppd</command>, <command>pppdump</command> and
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<command>pppstats</command> programs.</para>
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</sect2>
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<sect2><title>Description</title>
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<sect3><title>chat</title>
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<para>The <command>chat</command> program defines a conversational exchange
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between the computer and the modem. Its primary purpose is to establish the
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connection between the Point-to-Point Protocol Daemon
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(<acronym>PPPD</acronym>) and the remote's <command>pppd</command> process.
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</para></sect3>
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<sect3><title>pppd</title>
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<para><command>pppd</command> is the Point to Point Protocol daemon.</para></sect3>
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<sect3><title>pppdump</title>
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<para><command>pppdump</command> is used to convert
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<application><acronym>PPP</acronym></application> record files
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to a readable format.</para></sect3>
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<sect3><title>pppstats</title>
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<para><command>pppstats</command> is used to print
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<application><acronym>PPP</acronym></application> statistics.</para></sect3>
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</sect2>
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</sect1>
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