root/Documentation/isdn/README.syncppp

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Some additional information for setting up a syncPPP
connection using network interfaces.
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You need one thing beside the isdn4linux package:

  a patched pppd .. (I called it ipppd to show the difference)

Compiling isdn4linux with sync PPP:
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To compile isdn4linux with the sync PPP part, you have
to answer the apropriate question when doing a "make config"
Don't forget to load the slhc.o
module before the isdn.o module, if VJ-compression support
is not compiled into your kernel. 

Using isdn4linux with sync PPP:
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Sync PPP is just another encapsulation for isdn4linux. The
name to enable sync PPP encapsualtion is 'syncppp' .. e.g:

  isdn/isdnctrl encap ippp0 syncppp

The name of the interface is here 'ippp0'. You need 
one interface with the name 'ippp0' to saturate the
ipppd, which checks the ppp version via this interface.

To set up a PPP connection you need the ipppd .. You must start 
the ipppd once after installing the modules. The ipppd 
communicates with the isdn4linux link-level driver using the
/dev/ippp0 to /dev/ippp15 devices. One ipppd can handle
all devices at once. If you want to use two PPP connections
at the same time, you have to connect the ipppd to two
devices .. and so on. 
I've implemented one additonal option for the ipppd:
 'useifip' will get (if set to not 0.0.0.0) the IP address 
 for the negotiation from the attached network-interface. 
You must disable BSD-compression, this implementation can't
handle compressed packets.

Check the rc.isdn.syncppp file for an example setup script.

enjoy it,
    michael
     

PS: I also implemented generic MP (RFC 1717). But in the 
current isdn4linux link-level driver there is no 
(or better say: another) way of doing channel bundling. So,
don't call the ipppd with the `+mp` option to enable 
MP negotiation.

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