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point-to-point protocol
     
         ppp the protocol defined in
        rfc 1661, the internet standard for transmitting network
        layer datagrams e.g. ip packets over serial
        point-to-point links.
     
        ppp has a number of advantages over slip; it is designed to
        operate both over asynchronous connections and bit-oriented
        synchronous systems, it can configure connections to a
        remote network dynamically, and test that the link is usable.
        ppp can be configured to encapsulate different network layer
        protocols such as ip, ipx, or appletalk by using the
        appropriate network control protocol ncp.
     
        rfc 1220 describes how ppp can be used with remote bridging.
     
        usenet newsgroup: news:comp.protocols.ppp.
     
        a paper on ppp
        ftp://ftp.uu.net/vendor/morningstar/papers/sug91-cheapip.ps.z.
     
        1994-12-13
     
     
see also:
protocol rfc 1661 internet network layer datagrams ip 
slip asynchronous synchronous ipx appletalk 
network control protocol rfc 1220 usenet lt;news:comp.protocols.pppgt; lt;a paper on pppgt; 

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