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1.1     ! root        1: .TH PPP 1
        !             2: .SH NAME
        !             3: pppclient, pppserver \- point to point protocol
        !             4: .SH SYNOPSIS
        !             5: .B pppclient
        !             6: [
        !             7: .B -d
        !             8: ][
        !             9: .B -b
        !            10: .I baudrate
        !            11: ][
        !            12: .B -i
        !            13: .I myipaddr
        !            14: ][
        !            15: .B -p
        !            16: .I peeripaddr
        !            17: ][
        !            18: .I dialdevice
        !            19: ]
        !            20: .PP
        !            21: .B pppserver
        !            22: [
        !            23: .B -d
        !            24: ]
        !            25: .I ndev
        !            26: .I myipaddr
        !            27: .I firstipaddr
        !            28: .I firstdev
        !            29: [
        !            30: .I baud0 baud1 ...
        !            31: ]
        !            32: .SH DESCRIPTION
        !            33: The Point to Point Protocol is used to encapsulate Internet Protocol packets
        !            34: for transfer over serial lines or other protocol connections.
        !            35: .PP
        !            36: .I Pppclient
        !            37: makes a connection to a PPP server and
        !            38: passes IP packets over the connection.
        !            39: If
        !            40: .I dialdevice
        !            41: is omitted, standard input and output are used as the connection.
        !            42: If
        !            43: .I dialdevice
        !            44: begins with a 
        !            45: slash,
        !            46: .I pppclient
        !            47: assumes it is a file name,
        !            48: .IR open (2)'s
        !            49: it, and uses the result as the connection.
        !            50: Otherwise,
        !            51: .I dialdevice
        !            52: is passed as the
        !            53: destination address to
        !            54: .IR dial (2)
        !            55: to set up the connection.
        !            56: .PP
        !            57: If the connection is successful,
        !            58: .I pppclient
        !            59: creates a pipe, pushes the IP line discipline onto it, and sets the
        !            60: local and remote addresses of the IP interface to
        !            61: .I myipaddr
        !            62: and
        !            63: .IR peeripaddr.
        !            64: It then loops transferring packets between the pipe and the connection.
        !            65: If either
        !            66: .I myipaddr
        !            67: or
        !            68: .I peeripaddr
        !            69: is omitted,
        !            70: .I pppclient
        !            71: requests them from the server.
        !            72: .PP
        !            73: The options are
        !            74: .RS
        !            75: .TP
        !            76: .B d
        !            77: print debugging information.
        !            78: .TP
        !            79: .B b
        !            80: baud rate of the serial line.
        !            81: .TP
        !            82: .B p
        !            83: peer ip address (in case the peer asks for its ip address over IPCP).
        !            84: .TP
        !            85: .B i
        !            86: the local ip address to be established for this connection.
        !            87: .RE
        !            88: .PP
        !            89: .I Pppserver
        !            90: treats serial lines as PPP connections, switching packets between
        !            91: them and the local machine.
        !            92: It creates a pipe for a local IP interface (address
        !            93: .IR myipaddr ),
        !            94: opens a set of serial lines,
        !            95: and switches packets between the local interface
        !            96: and the serial lines.
        !            97: .I Ndev
        !            98: specifies the number of serial devices to serve.
        !            99: The devices are named
        !           100: .BI /dev/eia{ firstdev }
        !           101: through 
        !           102: .BI /dev/eia{ firstdev+ndev\-1 }\f1.
        !           103: Their remote IP addresses are
        !           104: .I firstipaddr
        !           105: through 
        !           106: .IR firstipaddr+ndev\-1 .
        !           107: The default baud rate is 9600.
        !           108: If any arguments follow
        !           109: .I firstdev
        !           110: .RI ( baud0 ,
        !           111: .IR baud1 ,
        !           112: \&...), they are used as baud rates for the serial lines.
        !           113: The only option,
        !           114: .BR -d ,
        !           115: turns on debugging output.
        !           116: .PP
        !           117: Both
        !           118: .I pppclient
        !           119: and 
        !           120: .I pppserver
        !           121: accept all options defined in RFCs 1331 and 1332.
        !           122: .SH EXAMPLES
        !           123: .PP
        !           124: Start up a server for serial lines
        !           125: .BR /dev/eia[2-6] 
        !           126: with remote IP addresses 131.107.1.100 through
        !           127: 131.107.1.103 and baud rates of
        !           128: 19200, 2400, 9600, 9600.
        !           129: The local IP address is 131.107.1.1.
        !           130: .IP
        !           131: .EX
        !           132: pppserver 4 131.107.1.1 131.107.1.100 2 19200 2400
        !           133: .EE
        !           134: .SH SOURCE
        !           135: .B /sys/src/cmd/ppp

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