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 * WiFi

Short for Point to Point Protocol.

If you access the Internet through a ["modem"] connected to a dialp-up phone line (including ["mobile modem]s), then the connection is negotiated using the PPP.

A PPP interface is managed by the PPP damon ["pppd"] with comes in the ["ppp"] package. Thus, for the user, configuring a PPP interface means configuring pppd.

See also

  • ["DHCP"]
  • WiFi

  • ["wvdial"]