.\" Generated by scdoc 1.11.2 .\" 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" "2024-03-13" .P .SH NAME .P \fBinterfaces-ppp\fR - PPP extensions for the interfaces(5) file format .P .SH DESCRIPTION .P 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.\& .P .SH PPP-RELATED OPTIONS .P \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.\& .P .RE \fBppp-physdev\fR \fIinterfaces\fR .RS 4 Denotes the physical (underlay) interface which is used to set up the PPP connection.\& .P .RE .SH EXAMPLES .P A PPP connection to \fIlocal-ISP\fR: .P .nf .RS 4 auto ppp0 iface ppp0 ppp-provider local-ISP .fi .RE .P .SH AUTHORS .P Maximilian Wilhelm