.\" $NetBSD: ippp.4,v 1.6 2003/05/06 19:05:35 wiz Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 1997, 2000 Hellmuth Michaelis. All rights reserved. .\" .\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without .\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions .\" are met: .\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright .\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. .\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright .\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the .\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. .\" .\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND .\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE .\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE .\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE .\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL .\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS .\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) .\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT .\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY .\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF .\" SUCH DAMAGE. .\" .\" $Id: ippp.4,v 1.6 2003/05/06 19:05:35 wiz Exp $ .\" .\" $FreeBSD$ .\" .\" last edit-date: [Thu Aug 31 10:40:17 2000] .\" .Dd August 31, 2000 .Dt IPPP 4 .Os .Sh NAME .Nm ippp .Nd ISDN synchronous PPP network driver .Sh SYNOPSIS .Cd "pseudo-device ippp" Ar count .Sh DESCRIPTION The .Nm driver interfaces the IP subsystem of the operating system with the ISDN layer so that a transport of IP packets over an ISDN link is possible. .Pp For configuration of the .Nm driver, either the .Xr ipppctl 8 utility is used or it is configured via .Xr isdnd 8 and its associated .Xr isdnd.rc 5 file. .Pp In case an IP packet for a remote side arrives in the driver and no connection is established yet, the driver communicates with the .Xr isdnd 8 daemon to establish a connection. .Pp The driver has support for interfacing to the .Xr bpf 4 subsystem for using .Xr tcpdump 8 with the .Nm interfaces. .Pp The .Xr ipppctl 8 utility is used to configure all aspects of PPP required to connect to a remote site. .Ss LINK0 and LINK1 The .Em link0 and .Em link1 flags given as parameters to .Xr ifconfig 8 have the following meaning for the .Nm devices: .Bl -tag -width link0 -compact .Pp .It Li link0 Wait passively for connection. The administrative .Em Open event to the Link Control Protocol (LCP) layer will be delayed until after the lower layers signal an .Em Up event (rise of .Dq carrier ) . This can be used by lower layers to support a dial-in connection where the physical layer isn't available immediately at startup, but only after some external event arrives. Receipt of a .Em Down event from the lower layer will not take the interface completely down in this case. .Pp .It Li link1 Dial-on-demand mode. The administrative .Em Open event to the LCP layer will be delayed until either an outbound network packet arrives, or until the lower layer signals an .Em Up event, indicating an inbound connection. As with passive mode, receipt of a .Em Down event (loss of carrier) will not automatically take the interface down, thus it remains available for further connections. .El .Pp The .Em link0 flag is set to .Em off by default, the .Em link1 flag to .Em on . .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr bpf 4 , .Xr isdnd.rc 5 , .Xr ipppctl 8 , .Xr isdnd 8 , .Xr tcpdump 8 .Sh AUTHORS The .Nm device driver was written by .An Joerg Wunsch Aq joerg@freebsd.org and then added to ISDN4BSD by .An Gary Jennejohn Aq gary@freebsd.org . .Pp This man page was written by .An Hellmuth Michaelis Aq hm@kts.org .