PPP

Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP)

PPP is used to transfer IP and other packet based traffic through a serial line. It can also be encapsulated over Ethernet with PPP-over-Ethernet (PPPoE) and over ATM with PPP-over-ATM (PPPoA); these are used by many ISP's (Internet Service Providers) for broadband Internet access.

PPP may use CHAP for authentication purposes.

History

Today most ISP's offer PPP for serial (telephone) line internet access.

The former internet standards SLIP and its compressed cousin CSLIP were used before PPP, but are obsolete now.

Protocol dependencies

Example traffic

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Example Flow

PPP: Point-to-Point Protocol tutorial rfc 1661, wireshak PPP analysis

Wireshark

The PPP dissector is fully functional.

(See CaptureSetup/PPP for information on capturing PPP control protocol traffic).

Preference Settings

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Example capture files

Display Filter

A complete list of PPP display filter fields can be found in the display filter reference

Show only the PPP based traffic:

 ppp

Capture Filter

There's currently no support for filtering on any PPP fields other than the protocol.

External links

Discussion


Imported from https://wiki.wireshark.org/PPP on 2020-08-11 23:18:16 UTC