| # | |
| # PPP network device configuration | |
| # | |
| config PPP | |
| tristate "PPP (point-to-point protocol) support" | |
| select SLHC | |
| ---help--- | |
| PPP (Point to Point Protocol) is a newer and better SLIP. It serves | |
| the same purpose: sending Internet traffic over telephone (and other | |
| serial) lines. Ask your access provider if they support it, because | |
| otherwise you can't use it; most Internet access providers these | |
| days support PPP rather than SLIP. | |
| To use PPP, you need an additional program called pppd as described | |
| in the PPP-HOWTO, available at | |
| <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. Make sure that you have | |
| the version of pppd recommended in <file:Documentation/Changes>. | |
| The PPP option enlarges your kernel by about 16 KB. | |
| There are actually two versions of PPP: the traditional PPP for | |
| asynchronous lines, such as regular analog phone lines, and | |
| synchronous PPP which can be used over digital ISDN lines for | |
| example. If you want to use PPP over phone lines or other | |
| asynchronous serial lines, you need to say Y (or M) here and also to | |
| the next option, "PPP support for async serial ports". For PPP over | |
| synchronous lines, you should say Y (or M) here and to "Support | |
| synchronous PPP", below. | |
| If you said Y to "Version information on all symbols" above, then | |
| you cannot compile the PPP driver into the kernel; you can then only | |
| compile it as a module. To compile this driver as a module, choose M | |
| here. The module will be called ppp_generic. | |
| if PPP | |
| config PPP_BSDCOMP | |
| tristate "PPP BSD-Compress compression" | |
| depends on PPP | |
| ---help--- | |
| Support for the BSD-Compress compression method for PPP, which uses | |
| the LZW compression method to compress each PPP packet before it is | |
| sent over the wire. The machine at the other end of the PPP link | |
| (usually your ISP) has to support the BSD-Compress compression | |
| method as well for this to be useful. Even if they don't support it, | |
| it is safe to say Y here. | |
| The PPP Deflate compression method ("PPP Deflate compression", | |
| above) is preferable to BSD-Compress, because it compresses better | |
| and is patent-free. | |
| Note that the BSD compression code will always be compiled as a | |
| module; it is called bsd_comp and will show up in the directory | |
| modules once you have said "make modules". If unsure, say N. | |
| config PPP_DEFLATE | |
| tristate "PPP Deflate compression" | |
| depends on PPP | |
| select ZLIB_INFLATE | |
| select ZLIB_DEFLATE | |
| ---help--- | |
| Support for the Deflate compression method for PPP, which uses the | |
| Deflate algorithm (the same algorithm that gzip uses) to compress | |
| each PPP packet before it is sent over the wire. The machine at the | |
| other end of the PPP link (usually your ISP) has to support the | |
| Deflate compression method as well for this to be useful. Even if | |
| they don't support it, it is safe to say Y here. | |
| To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. | |
| config PPP_FILTER | |
| bool "PPP filtering" | |
| depends on PPP | |
| ---help--- | |
| Say Y here if you want to be able to filter the packets passing over | |
| PPP interfaces. This allows you to control which packets count as | |
| activity (i.e. which packets will reset the idle timer or bring up | |
| a demand-dialed link) and which packets are to be dropped entirely. | |
| You need to say Y here if you wish to use the pass-filter and | |
| active-filter options to pppd. | |
| If unsure, say N. | |
| config PPP_MPPE | |
| tristate "PPP MPPE compression (encryption)" | |
| depends on PPP | |
| select CRYPTO | |
| select CRYPTO_SHA1 | |
| select CRYPTO_ARC4 | |
| select CRYPTO_ECB | |
| ---help--- | |
| Support for the MPPE Encryption protocol, as employed by the | |
| Microsoft Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol. | |
| See http://pptpclient.sourceforge.net/ for information on | |
| configuring PPTP clients and servers to utilize this method. | |
| config PPP_MULTILINK | |
| bool "PPP multilink support" | |
| depends on PPP | |
| ---help--- | |
| PPP multilink is a protocol (defined in RFC 1990) which allows you | |
| to combine several (logical or physical) lines into one logical PPP | |
| connection, so that you can utilize your full bandwidth. | |
| This has to be supported at the other end as well and you need a | |
| version of the pppd daemon which understands the multilink protocol. | |
| If unsure, say N. | |
| config PPPOATM | |
| tristate "PPP over ATM" | |
| depends on ATM && PPP | |
| ---help--- | |
| Support PPP (Point to Point Protocol) encapsulated in ATM frames. | |
| This implementation does not yet comply with section 8 of RFC2364, | |
| which can lead to bad results if the ATM peer loses state and | |
| changes its encapsulation unilaterally. | |
| config PPPOE | |
| tristate "PPP over Ethernet" | |
| depends on PPP | |
| ---help--- | |
| Support for PPP over Ethernet. | |
| This driver requires the latest version of pppd from the CVS | |
| repository at cvs.samba.org. Alternatively, see the | |
| RoaringPenguin package (<http://www.roaringpenguin.com/pppoe>) | |
| which contains instruction on how to use this driver (under | |
| the heading "Kernel mode PPPoE"). | |
| config PPTP | |
| tristate "PPP over IPv4 (PPTP)" | |
| depends on PPP && NET_IPGRE_DEMUX | |
| ---help--- | |
| Support for PPP over IPv4.(Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol) | |
| This driver requires pppd plugin to work in client mode or | |
| modified pptpd (poptop) to work in server mode. | |
| See http://accel-pptp.sourceforge.net/ for information how to | |
| utilize this module. | |
| config PPPOL2TP | |
| tristate "PPP over L2TP" | |
| depends on L2TP && PPP | |
| ---help--- | |
| Support for PPP-over-L2TP socket family. L2TP is a protocol | |
| used by ISPs and enterprises to tunnel PPP traffic over UDP | |
| tunnels. L2TP is replacing PPTP for VPN uses. | |
| if TTY | |
| config PPP_ASYNC | |
| tristate "PPP support for async serial ports" | |
| depends on PPP | |
| select CRC_CCITT | |
| ---help--- | |
| Say Y (or M) here if you want to be able to use PPP over standard | |
| asynchronous serial ports, such as COM1 or COM2 on a PC. If you use | |
| a modem (not a synchronous or ISDN modem) to contact your ISP, you | |
| need this option. | |
| To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. | |
| If unsure, say Y. | |
| config PPP_SYNC_TTY | |
| tristate "PPP support for sync tty ports" | |
| depends on PPP | |
| ---help--- | |
| Say Y (or M) here if you want to be able to use PPP over synchronous | |
| (HDLC) tty devices, such as the SyncLink adapter. These devices | |
| are often used for high-speed leased lines like T1/E1. | |
| To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. | |
| endif # TTY | |
| endif # PPP |