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17.Dd $Mdocdate: September 14 2015 $
18.Dt PPPX 4
19.Os
20.Sh NAME
21.Nm pppx
22.Nd PPP multiplexer device
23.Sh SYNOPSIS
24.Cd "pseudo-device pppx"
25.Pp
26.In sys/socket.h
27.In sys/ioctl.h
28.In net/pipex.h
29.Sh DESCRIPTION
30The
31.Nm
32driver works with the
33.Xr npppd 8
34daemon,
35allocating a network interface for each Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP)
36session by request from the daemon.
37It also works with
38.Xr pipex 4
39to accelerate the performance of packet forwarding and supports ioctls
40which are added by
41.Xr pipex 4 .
42.Pp
43To use
44.Nm
45from
46.Xr npppd 8
47the administrator needs to configure the interface configuration in
48.Xr npppd.conf 5 .
49Also the administrator needs to enable
50.Xr pipex 4
51by setting
52.Va net.pipex.enable
53to
54.Sq 1
55using
56.Xr sysctl 8 .
57.Sh SEE ALSO
58.Xr inet 4 ,
59.Xr inet6 4 ,
60.Xr pipex 4 ,
61.Xr hostname.if 5 ,
62.Xr npppd.conf 5 ,
63.Xr netstart 8 ,
64.Xr npppd 8 ,
65.Xr sysctl 8
66.Sh HISTORY
67The
68.Nm
69driver first appeared in
70.Ox 5.3 .
71.Sh AUTHORS
72.An David Gwynne Aq Mt dlg@openbsd.org
73.An Claudio Jeker Aq Mt claudio@openbsd.org
74