value of -1, the route is only added if there is no default route at
all.
.TP
+.B defaultroute6
+Add a default IPv6 route to the system routing tables, using the peer as
+the gateway, when IPv6CP negotiation is successfully completed.
+This entry is removed when the PPP connection is broken. This option
+is privileged if the \fInodefaultroute6\fR option has been specified.
+.TP
.B disconnect \fIscript
Execute the command specified by \fIscript\fR, by passing it to a
shell, after
interface identifier, even if the local IPv6 interface identifier
was specified in an option.
.TP
+.B ipv6cp\-accept\-remote
+With this option, pppd will accept the peer's idea of its (remote)
+IPv6 interface identifier, even if the remote IPv6 interface
+identifier was specified in an option.
+.TP
.B ipv6cp\-max\-configure \fIn
Set the maximum number of IPv6CP configure-request transmissions to
\fIn\fR (default 10).
dynamic IP address option (i.e. set /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_dynaddr to
1) in demand mode if the local address changes.
.TP
+.B lcp\-echo\-adaptive
+If this option is used with the \fIlcp\-echo\-failure\fR option then
+pppd will send LCP echo\-request frames only if no traffic was received
+from the peer since the last echo\-request was sent.
+.TP
.B lcp\-echo\-failure \fIn
If this option is given, pppd will presume the peer to be dead
if \fIn\fR LCP echo\-requests are sent without receiving a valid LCP
wishes to prevent users from creating default routes with pppd
can do so by placing this option in the /etc/ppp/options file.
.TP
+.B nodefaultroute6
+Disable the \fIdefaultroute6\fR option. The system administrator who
+wishes to prevent users from adding a default route with pppd
+can do so by placing this option in the /etc/ppp/options file.
+.TP
.B nodeflate
Disables Deflate compression; pppd will not request or agree to
compress packets using the Deflate scheme.
stored in ~/.ppp_pseudonym first as the identity, and save in this
file any pseudonym offered by the peer during authentication.
.TP
+.B stop\-bits \fIn
+Set the number of stop bits for the serial port. Valid values are 1 or 2.
+The default value is 1.
+.TP
.B sync
Use synchronous HDLC serial encoding instead of asynchronous.
The device used by pppd with this option must have sync support.
.TP
.B unit \fInum
Sets the ppp unit number (for a ppp0 or ppp1 etc interface name) for outbound
-connections.
+connections. If the unit is already in use a dynamically allocated number will
+be used.
+.TP
+.B ifname \fIstring
+Set the ppp interface name for outbound connections. If the interface name is
+already in use, or if the name cannot be used for any other reason, pppd will
+terminate.
.TP
.B unset \fIname
Remove a variable from the environment variable for scripts that are
the first network control protocol, usually the IP control protocol,
has come up).
.TP
+.B up_sdnotify
+Use this option to run pppd in systemd service units of Type=notify
+(\fBup_sdnotify\fR implies \fBnodetach\fR).
+When \fBup_sdnotify\fR is enabled, pppd will notify systemd once
+it has successfully established the ppp connection (to the point where
+the first network control protocl, usually the IP control protocol,
+has come up). This option is only availble when pppd is compiled with
+systemd support.
+.TP
.B usehostname
Enforce the use of the hostname (with domain name appended, if given)
as the name of the local system for authentication purposes (overrides
.I PPP in HDLC-like Framing.
July 1994.
.TP
+.B RFC1990
+Sklower, K.; et al.,
+.I The PPP Multilink Protocol (MP).
+August 1996.
+.TP
.B RFC2284
Blunk, L.; Vollbrecht, J.,
.I PPP Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP).
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