X-Git-Url: http://git.ozlabs.org/?p=ppp.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=pppd%2Fpppd.8;h=f7954fa74e0f811c7331d0b2efa4a02a569413e0;hp=3404f15ee7303a237e17fb38b088f5d085806a39;hb=398ed2585640d198c53e736ee5bbd67f7ce8168e;hpb=9e05a25d76b3f83096c661678010320df673df6b diff --git a/pppd/pppd.8 b/pppd/pppd.8 index 3404f15..f7954fa 100644 --- a/pppd/pppd.8 +++ b/pppd/pppd.8 @@ -320,8 +320,9 @@ can do either.) .TP .B demand Initiate the link only on demand, i.e. when data traffic is present. -With this option, the remote IP address must be specified by the user -on the command line or in an options file. Pppd will initially +With this option, the remote IP address may be specified by the user +on the command line or in an options file, or if not, pppd will use +an arbitrary address in the 10.x.x.x range. Pppd will initially configure the interface and enable it for IP traffic without connecting to the peer. When traffic is available, pppd will connect to the peer and perform negotiation, authentication, etc. @@ -623,6 +624,14 @@ must have an entry in the /etc/ppp/pap\-secrets file as well as the system password database to be allowed access. See also the \fBenable\-session\fR option. .TP +.B master_detach +If multilink is enabled and this pppd process is the multilink bundle +master, and the link controlled by this pppd process terminates, this +pppd process continues to run in order to maintain the bundle. If the +\fBmaster_detach\fR option has been given, pppd will detach from its +controlling terminal in this situation, even if the \fBnodetach\fR +option has been given. +.TP .B maxconnect \fIn Terminate the connection when it has been available for network traffic for \fIn\fR seconds (i.e. \fIn\fR seconds after the first @@ -828,8 +837,9 @@ do so by placing this option in the /etc/ppp/options file. .B noremoteip Allow pppd to operate without having an IP address for the peer. This option is only available under Linux. Normally, pppd will request the -peer's IP address, and if the peer does not supply it, pppd will not -bring up the link for IP traffic. With this option, if the peer does +peer's IP address, and if the peer does not supply it, pppd will use +an arbitrary address in the 10.x.x.x subnet. +With this option, if the peer does not supply its IP address, pppd will not ask the peer for it, and will not set the destination address of the ppp interface. In this situation, the ppp interface can be used for routing by creating