Point-to-Point Protocol

from The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)
Point-to-Point Protocol
PPP

   <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).

   (1994-12-13)