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diff --git a/pppd/pppd.8 b/pppd/pppd.8
index 9cfba63ec4e637a5c5f9645d61f279fcc9313ba3..eb35debf765a1aea9794b90e15de09c5747c48b8 100644 (file)
--- a/pppd/pppd.8
+++ b/pppd/pppd.8
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 .\" manual page [] for pppd 2.0
 .\" 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
 .\" 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
 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
 .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
 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
 .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
 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<n>
+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<n>
+Specifies that \fBpppd\fR should disconnect if it is idle for
+\fI<n>\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
 .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
 .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.
 .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.
 .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).
 .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.
 .TP
 .B RFC1334
 Lloyd, B.; Simpson, W.A.
 .I PPP authentication protocols.

-1992 October.
+October 1992.

 .TP
 .TP

-.B RFC1548
+.B RFC1661

 Simpson, W.A.
 .I The Point\-to\-Point Protocol (PPP).
 Simpson, W.A.
 .I The Point\-to\-Point Protocol (PPP).

-1993 December.
+July 1994.

 .TP
 .TP

-.B RFC1549
+.B RFC1662

 Simpson, W.A.
 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
 .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
 implementation.
 
 .SH AUTHORS

+Paul Mackerras (paulus@cs.anu.edu.au), based on earlier work by

 Drew Perkins,
 Brad Clements,
 Karl Fox,
 Greg Christy,
 Drew Perkins,
 Brad Clements,
 Karl Fox,
 Greg Christy,

-Brad Parker,
-Paul Mackerras (paulus@cs.anu.edu.au).
+and
+Brad Parker.