PPP(4) | Device Drivers Manual | PPP(4)

# NAME

`ppp` — Point-to-Point Protocol network interface

# SYNOPSIS

`pseudo-device ppp`

# DESCRIPTION

The `ppp` interface allows serial lines to be used as network interfaces using the Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP).

A `ppp` interface can be created at runtime using the `ifconfig ppp` N `create` command or by setting up a hostname.if(5) configuration file for netstart(8).

# DIAGNOSTICS

ppp0: afX not supported
  The interface was handed a message with addresses formatted in an unsuitable address family; the packet was dropped.

# SEE ALSO

inet(4), pppoe(4), pppx(4), hostname.if(5), ifconfig(8), netstart(8), pppd(8), pppstats(8)

# STANDARDS

W. Simpson, The Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP), RFC 1661, July 1994.

# HISTORY

The `ppp` device appeared in OpenBSD 1.2.

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