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3.9 KiB
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175 lines
3.9 KiB
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.\" Copyright (C) 2003-2004 Cronyx Engineering.
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.\" Copyright (C) 2003-2004 Roman Kurakin <rik@cronyx.ru>
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.\"
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.\" This software is distributed with NO WARRANTIES, not even the implied
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.\" warranties for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
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.\"
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.\" Authors grant any other persons or organisations a permission to use,
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.\" modify and redistribute this software in source and binary forms,
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.\" as long as this message is kept with the software, all derivative
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.\" works or modified versions.
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.\"
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.\" Cronyx Id: ng_sppp.4,v 1.1.2.3 2004/03/30 14:28:34 rik Exp $
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.\" $FreeBSD$
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.\"
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.Dd March 29, 2004
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.Dt NG_SPPP 4
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm ng_sppp
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.Nd sppp netgraph node type
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.In netgraph/ng_sppp.h
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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An
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.Nm sppp
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node is a
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.Xr netgraph 4
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interface to the original
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.Xr sppp 4
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network module for synchronous lines.
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Currently,
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.Xr sppp 4
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supports PPP and Cisco HDLC protocols.
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An
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.Nm sppp
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node could be considered as an alternative kernel mode PPP
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implementation to
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.Pa net/mpd
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port +
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.Xr ng_ppp 4 ,
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and as an alternative to
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.Xr ng_cisco 4
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node.
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While having less features than
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.Pa net/mpd
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+
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.Xr ng_ppp 4 ,
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it is significantly easier to use in the majority of simple configurations,
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and allows the administrator to not install the
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.Pa net/mpd
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port.
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With
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.Nm sppp
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you do not need any other nodes, not even an
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.Xr ng_iface 4
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node.
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When an
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.Nm sppp
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node is created, a new interface appears which is accessible via
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.Xr ifconfig 8 .
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Network interfaces corresponding to
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.Nm sppp
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nodes are named
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.Li sppp0 , sppp1 ,
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etc.
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When a node is shut down, the corresponding interface is removed,
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and the interface name becomes available for reuse by future
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.Nm sppp
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nodes.
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New nodes always take the first unused interface.
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The node itself is assigned the same name as its interface, unless the name
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already exists, in which case the node remains unnamed.
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The
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.Nm sppp
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node allows drivers written to the old
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.Xr sppp 4
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interface to be rewritten using the
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newer more powerful
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.Xr netgraph 4
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interface, and still behave in a compatible manner without supporting both
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network modules.
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.Pp
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An
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.Nm sppp
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node has a single hook named
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.Va downstream .
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Usually it is connected directly to
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a device driver hook.
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.Pp
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The
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.Nm sppp
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nodes support the Berkeley Packet Filter,
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.Xr bpf 4 .
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.Sh HOOKS
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This node type supports the following hooks:
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.Bl -tag -width ".Va downstream"
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.It Va downstream
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The connection to the synchronous line.
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.El
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.Sh CONTROL MESSAGES
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This node type supports the generic control messages, plus the following:
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.Bl -tag -width indent
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.It Dv NGM_IFACE_GET_IFNAME
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Returns the name of the interface corresponding to this node in a
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.Vt "struct ng_iface_ifname" :
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.Bd -literal -offset indent
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struct ng_iface_ifname {
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char ngif_name[NG_SPPP_IFACE_NAME_MAX + 1];
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};
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.Ed
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.El
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.Sh SHUTDOWN
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This node shuts down upon receipt of a
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.Dv NGM_SHUTDOWN
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control message.
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The associated interface is removed and becomes available
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for use by future
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.Nm sppp
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nodes.
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.Pp
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Unlike most other node types and like
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.Xr ng_iface 4
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does, an
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.Nm sppp
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node does
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.Em not
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go away when all hooks have been disconnected; rather, an explicit
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.Dv NGM_SHUTDOWN
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control message is required.
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.Sh EXAMPLES
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For example, if you have the
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.Xr cx 4
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device, you could run PPP over it with just one command:
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.Pp
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.Dl "ngctl mkpeer cx0: sppp rawdata downstream"
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.Pp
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Now you have the
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.Li sppp0
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interface (if this was the first
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.Nm sppp
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node) which can be
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accessed via
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.Xr ifconfig 8
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as a normal network interface,
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or via
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.Xr spppcontrol 8
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as an
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.Xr sppp 4
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interface.
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr bpf 4 ,
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.Xr cx 4 ,
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.Xr netgraph 4 ,
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.Xr ng_cisco 4 ,
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.Xr ng_iface 4 ,
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.Xr ng_ppp 4 ,
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.Xr sppp 4 ,
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.Xr ifconfig 8 ,
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.Xr ngctl 8 ,
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.Xr spppcontrol 8
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.Pp
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For complex networking topologies you may want to look at
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.Pa net/mpd
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port.
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.Sh HISTORY
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The
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.Nm sppp
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node type was implemented for
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.Fx 5.0 .
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It was included to the system since
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.Fx 5.3 .
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.Sh AUTHORS
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Copyright (C) 2003-2004
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.An Roman Kurakin Aq rik@cronyx.ru .
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