From 08c217bf3362783ae37fec34ae8b02306690ff64 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Paul Mackerras Date: Thu, 18 Jan 1996 04:01:15 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] updated --- pppd/pppd.8 | 71 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------- 1 file changed, 56 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-) diff --git a/pppd/pppd.8 b/pppd/pppd.8 index 9cfba63..eb35deb 100644 --- a/pppd/pppd.8 +++ b/pppd/pppd.8 @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ .\" manual page [] for pppd 2.0 -.\" $Id: pppd.8,v 1.16 1995/12/18 03:48:04 paulus Exp $ +.\" $Id: pppd.8,v 1.17 1996/01/18 04:01:15 paulus Exp $ .\" SH section heading .\" SS subsection heading .\" LP paragraph @@ -191,8 +191,8 @@ Alternatively, a value of 0 for \fInr\fR or \fInt\fR disables compression in the corresponding direction. .TP .B \-bsdcomp -Disables compression; \fBpppd\fR will not request or agree to compress -packets using the BSD-Compress scheme. +Disables BSD-Compress compression; \fBpppd\fR will not request or +agree to compress packets using the BSD-Compress scheme. .TP .B +chap Require the peer to authenticate itself using CHAP [Cryptographic @@ -236,6 +236,33 @@ Disable the \fBdefaultroute\fR option. The system administrator who wishes to prevent users from creating default routes with \fIpppd\fR can do so by placing this option in the /etc/ppp/options file. .TP +.B deflate \fInr,nt +Request that the peer compress packets that it sends, using the +Deflate scheme, with a maximum window size of \fI2**nr\fR bits, and +agree to compress packets sent to the peer with a maximum window size of +\fI2**nt\fR bits. If \fInt\fR is not specified, it defaults to the value +given for \fInr\fR. Values in the range 8 to 15 may be used for +\fInr\fR and \fInt\fR; larger values give better compression but +consume more kernel memory for compression dictionaries. +Alternatively, a value of 0 for \fInr\fR or \fInt\fR disables +compression in the corresponding direction. (Note: \fBpppd\fR +requests Deflate compression in preference to BSD-Compress +if the peer can do either.) +.TP +.B \-deflate +Disables Deflate compression; \fBpppd\fR will not request or agree to +compress packets using the Deflate scheme. +.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 specific by the user +on the command line or in an options file. \fBpppd\fR will initially +configure the interface and enable it for IP traffic without +connecting to the peer. When traffic is available, \fBpppd\fR will +connect to the peer and perform negotiation, authentication, etc. +When this is completed, \fBpppd\fR will commence passing data packets +(i.e., IP packets) across the link. The persist, idle and holdoff +options are often useful in conjuction with this option. .B -detach Don't fork to become a background process (otherwise .I pppd @@ -259,6 +286,16 @@ purposes. For example, if gethostname() returns the name porsche, but the fully qualified domain name is porsche.Quotron.COM, you would use the domain option to set the domain name to Quotron.COM. .TP +.B holdoff \fI +Specifies how many seconds to wait before re-initiating the link after +it terminates. This option only has effect if the persist option is +used. +.TP +.B idle \fI +Specifies that \fBpppd\fR should disconnect if it is idle for +\fI\fR seconds. The link is idle when no data packets (i.e. IP +packets) are being sent or received. +.TP .B -ip Disable IPCP negotiation and IP communication. This option should only be required if the peer is buggy and gets confused by requests @@ -862,38 +899,41 @@ User default options, read before command-line options. .TP .B /etc/ppp/options.\fIttyname System default options for the serial port being used, read after -command-line options. +command-line options. In forming the \fIttyname\fR part of this +filename, an initial /dev/ is stripped from the port name (if +present), and any slashes in the remaining part are converted to +dots. .SH SEE ALSO .TP .B RFC1144 Jacobson, V. .I Compressing TCP/IP headers for low-speed serial links. -1990 February. +February 1990. .TP .B RFC1321 Rivest, R. .I The MD5 Message-Digest Algorithm. -1992 April. +April 1992. .TP .B RFC1332 McGregor, G. .I PPP Internet Protocol Control Protocol (IPCP). -1992 May. +May 1992. .TP .B RFC1334 Lloyd, B.; Simpson, W.A. .I PPP authentication protocols. -1992 October. +October 1992. .TP -.B RFC1548 +.B RFC1661 Simpson, W.A. .I The Point\-to\-Point Protocol (PPP). -1993 December. +July 1994. .TP -.B RFC1549 +.B RFC1662 Simpson, W.A. -.I PPP in HDLC Framing. -1993 December +.I PPP in HDLC-like Framing. +July 1994. .SH NOTES The following signals have the specified effect when sent to the .I pppd @@ -920,9 +960,10 @@ decompression errors generally indicate a bug in one or other implementation. .SH AUTHORS +Paul Mackerras (paulus@cs.anu.edu.au), based on earlier work by Drew Perkins, Brad Clements, Karl Fox, Greg Christy, -Brad Parker, -Paul Mackerras (paulus@cs.anu.edu.au). +and +Brad Parker. -- 2.39.2