.\" Generated by scdoc 1.11.3 .\" Complete documentation for this program is not available as a GNU info page .ie \n(.g .ds Aq \(aq .el .ds Aq ' .nh .ad l .\" Begin generated content: .TH "interfaces-ppp" "5" "2024-05-06" .PP .SH NAME .PP \fBinterfaces-ppp\fR - PPP extensions for the interfaces(5) file format .PP .SH DESCRIPTION .PP The Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP) usually is used for dial-up lines, most common for over Digital Subscriber Lines (DSL) to connect to an Internet Service Provider (ISP).\& The following options allow to set up PPP dial-up connections.\& .PP .SH PPP-RELATED OPTIONS .PP \fBppp-provider\fR \fIprovider\fR .RS 4 Denotes the file name of the \fIprovider\fR configuration file within the \fI/etc/ppp/peers/\fR directory which should be used to set up the PPP connection.\& .PP .RE \fBppp-physdev\fR \fIinterfaces\fR .RS 4 Denotes the physical (underlay) interface which is used to set up the PPP connection.\& .PP .RE .SH EXAMPLES .PP A PPP connection to \fIlocal-ISP\fR: .PP .nf .RS 4 auto ppp0 iface ppp0 ppp-provider local-ISP .fi .RE .PP .SH AUTHORS .PP Maximilian Wilhelm