The dip program controls the establishment of the SLIP link. It controls the SLIP link with the aid of slattach, ifconfig, and route. These programs may be used to establish a SLIP link. They are not useful for the establishment of a PPP link.
The dip program may be used to dial the telephone and start the
ppp software on the remote system. It is best used in this
mode as the parameter to the `connect' option. However, you
have the option to use dip to control the link. It is not important
how pppd be executed to run the ppp link. It is only important that it
be executed as it is a mandatory program for the PPP protocol.
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