Point-to-Point Protocol
<communications, 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).
