interfaces-ppp - PPP extensions for the interfaces(5) file format

Maximilian Wilhelm <max@sdn.clinic> 2025-03-25 interfaces-ppp(5)

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.

A PPP connection to local-ISP: auto ppp0 iface ppp0 ppp-provider local-ISP

interfaces-ppp - PPP extensions for the interfaces(5) file format

ppp-providerprovider Denotes the file name of the provider configuration file within the /etc/ppp/peers/ directory which should be used to set up the PPP connection. ppp-physdevinterfaces Denotes the physical (underlay) interface which is used to set up the PPP connection.