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authorbrian <brian@FreeBSD.org>1999-11-13 16:18:27 +0000
committerbrian <brian@FreeBSD.org>1999-11-13 16:18:27 +0000
commit8e0e122248d8d4b06066df9865158044e526d644 (patch)
treee90a3288518c9c31dbe79f794a74c5f9236e35b6 /usr.sbin/ppp
parentf34c3c16c93820c250856d4f2c833fc12a51e146 (diff)
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Make the meaning of the provider part of the PPPoE device spec clearer.
Diffstat (limited to 'usr.sbin/ppp')
-rw-r--r--usr.sbin/ppp/ppp.87
-rw-r--r--usr.sbin/ppp/ppp.8.m47
2 files changed, 6 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/usr.sbin/ppp/ppp.8 b/usr.sbin/ppp/ppp.8
index 115aace..afd228b 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/ppp/ppp.8
+++ b/usr.sbin/ppp/ppp.8
@@ -3758,11 +3758,10 @@ will attempt to create a
.Em PPP
over Ethernet connection using the given
.Ar iface
-interface. If a
+interface. The given
.Ar provider
-is given,
-.Nm
-will attempt to make a connection to that provider only. Refer to
+is passed as the service name in the PPPoE Discovery Initiation (PADI)
+packet. If no provider is given, an empty value will be used. Refer to
.Xr netgraph 4
and
.Xr ng_pppoe 8
diff --git a/usr.sbin/ppp/ppp.8.m4 b/usr.sbin/ppp/ppp.8.m4
index 115aace..afd228b 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/ppp/ppp.8.m4
+++ b/usr.sbin/ppp/ppp.8.m4
@@ -3758,11 +3758,10 @@ will attempt to create a
.Em PPP
over Ethernet connection using the given
.Ar iface
-interface. If a
+interface. The given
.Ar provider
-is given,
-.Nm
-will attempt to make a connection to that provider only. Refer to
+is passed as the service name in the PPPoE Discovery Initiation (PADI)
+packet. If no provider is given, an empty value will be used. Refer to
.Xr netgraph 4
and
.Xr ng_pppoe 8
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