Installing and Administering PPP

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Preface
PPP is a Hewlett-Packard networking product that allows data transfer
using either the Internet-standard Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP) or the
non-standard, but widely-used Serial Line Internet Protocol (SLIP).
The Installing and Administering PPP manual provides information
about configuring and using the PPP product. The manual also describes
how to migrate SLIP connections from earlier HP-UX releases to the
SLIP mode of the PPP product.
This manual is organized as follows:
Chapter 1 Introduction describes the PPP product for HP-UX.
Chapter 2 Configuring PPP Connections describes how to set
up PPP connections.
Chapter 3 SLIP to PPP migration describes how to migrate
existing SLIP connections to PPP connections.
Chapter 4 Common pppd Options describes common command
line options for invoking the PPP daemon.
Chapter 5 Security Techniques discusses PPP’s security
features.
Chapter 6 Troubleshooting pppd describes how to solve
common problems.
Appendix A Modem Connections describes some basic
information about modem configuration.