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width: 100%; &quot;"><tbody><tr> <td style="&quot; border: 0px hidden&quot;"><p class="line891"><small><a href="/DebianWiki/EditorGuide#translation">Translation(s)</a> : <a href="/PPP">English</a> - <a href="/es/PPP">Espa帽ol</a> - <a href="/fr/PPP">Fran莽ais</a> - <a href="/it/PPP">Italiano</a> - <a href="/pt_BR/PPP">Portugu锚s (Brasil)</a></small></td> <td style="&quot; text-align: right; border: 0px hidden&quot;"><p class="line862"> <img alt="(!)" height="16" src="/htdocs/debwiki/img/idea.png" title="(!)" width="16" /> <a class="nonexistent" href="/PPP/Discussion">?</a>Discussion</td> </tr> <p class="line891"></tbody></table></div><span class="anchor" id="line-7"></span><p class="line867"><hr /><p class="line874"> <span class="anchor" id="line-8"></span>In networking, the Point-to-Point Protocol, or PPP, is a data link protocol commonly used to establish a direct connection between two nodes over serial cable, phone line, trunk line, cellular telephone, specialized radio links, or fiber optic links. (read more on <a class="interwiki" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Point-to-Point_Protocol" title="WikiPedia">Wikipedia</a>). If you access the Internet through a <a href="/Modem">modem</a> connected to a dial-up phone line (including mobile <a href="/Modem">modem</a>s), then the connection is negotiated using PPP. Some <a class="interwiki" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VPN" title="WikiPedia">VPNs</a> also use PPP. <span class="anchor" id="line-9"></span><span class="anchor" id="line-10"></span><p class="line862">A PPP interface is managed by the PPP daemon (<a href="/pppd">pppd</a>) provided by the <a class="interwiki" href="https://packages.debian.org/ppp" title="DebPkg">ppp</a> package. Thus, for the user, configuring a PPP interface means configuring pppd. <span class="anchor" id="line-11"></span><span class="anchor" id="line-12"></span><p class="line867"> <h2 id="See_also">See also</h2> <span class="anchor" id="line-13"></span><ul><li><p class="line862">Configuration : <a href="/DialupConf">DialupConf</a> and <a href="/Wvdial">Wvdial</a> <span class="anchor" id="line-14"></span></li><li><p class="line862">Sharing : <a href="/IP%20Masquerade%20%28also%20known%20as%20Internet%20Connection%20Sharing%29">IP Masquerade (also known as Internet Connection Sharing)</a> <span class="anchor" id="line-15"></span></li><li><p class="line891"><a href="/PPPoE">PPPoE</a> PPP-Over-Ethernet (for DSL modems, etc.) <span class="anchor" id="line-16"></span><span class="anchor" id="line-17"></span></li></ul><p class="line867"> <h2 id="External_links">External links</h2> <span class="anchor" id="line-18"></span><ul><li>About PPP : <span class="anchor" id="line-19"></span><ul><li><p class="line862">Wikipedia's <a class="interwiki" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Point-to-Point_Protocol" title="WikiPedia">Point-to-Point_Protocol</a> page <span class="anchor" id="line-20"></span></li><li><p class="line891"><a class="interwiki" href="http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1661.txt" title="RFC">rfc1661</a> <span class="anchor" id="line-21"></span></li></ul></li><li><p class="line862">How-To<em>s</em> <span class="anchor" id="line-22"></span><ul><li><p class="line891"><a class="http" href="http://tldp.org/HOWTO/PPP-HOWTO/">Linux PPP HOWTO</a> <span class="anchor" id="line-23"></span></li><li><p class="line891"><a class="http" href="http://axion.physics.ubc.ca/ppp-linux.html">How to hook up PPP in Linux</a> <span class="anchor" id="line-24"></span><ul><li><p class="line891"><a class="http" href="http://axion.physics.ubc.ca/ppp-linux-brief.html">How to hook up PPP in Linux in Brief</a> <span class="anchor" id="line-25"></span></li></ul></li></ul></li></ul><p class="line867"><hr /><p class="line874"> <span class="anchor" id="line-26"></span><a href="/CategoryNetwork"><strong class="highlight">CategoryNetwork</strong></a> <span class="anchor" id="line-27"></span><span class="anchor" id="bottom"></span></div><div id="pagebottom"></div> </div> <div id="footer"> <p id="pageinfo" class="info" lang="en" dir="ltr">PPP (<a class="nbinfo" href="/PPP?action=info" rel="nofollow">last modified 2021-12-06 10:52:53</a>)</p> <ul id="credits"> <li>Debian <a href="https://www.debian.org/legal/privacy">privacy policy</a>, Wiki <a href="/Teams/DebianWiki">team</a>, <a href="https://bugs.debian.org/wiki.debian.org">bugs</a> and <a href="https://salsa.debian.org/debian/wiki.debian.org">config</a>.</li><li>Powered by <a href="https://moinmo.in/" title="This site uses the MoinMoin Wiki software.">MoinMoin</a> and <a href="https://moinmo.in/Python" title="MoinMoin is written in Python.">Python</a>, with hosting provided by <a href="https://www.man-da.de/">Metropolitan Area Network Darmstadt</a>.</li> </ul> </div> </body> </html>