This is the README file for ppp-2.1.

See SETUP and README.* for installation instructions.

What's new in ppp-2.1:

* Ultrix is now supported, thanks to Robert Olsson and Per Sundstrom.

* An extended asyncmap has been implemented, so you can now ask for
any character to be escaped on transmission (except 0x20 - 0x3f and
0x5e).  The new `escape' option for pppd specifies those characters to
be escaped on transmission (as distinct from the asyncmap option,
which specifies which characters to ask the peer to escape).

* pppd now has a `mtu' option which specifies the maximum packet size
that should be transmitted (as distinct from the mru option, which
specifies the maximum packet size we ask the peer to send).

* The `debug' option to pppd now causes it to log the contents of all
control packets sent and received in a readable form.  In addition
there is a `kdebug' option to control the debugging level in the
kernel code.

* Log messages from pppd are now logged using facility `daemon' rather
than `local2', since pppd is now compiled by default without extra
debug messages enabled.  You probably need to edit your syslog.conf.
I find it useful to send messages for facility `daemon' at level
notice (or higher) to the console, and message at level debug (or
higher) to a log file such as /etc/ppp/ppp-log.

* pppd now includes code to lock and unlock the serial device using a
UUCP-style lock file.  The `lock' option enables this.

* pppd now has a `disconnect' option which specifies a command to be
run after the link is terminated.  It can be used, for example, to
hang up the modem.

* The ppp drivers now record information which enables pppd to warn
you if the link only transmits 7 bits/character, i.e. if the 8th bit
is always 0, 1, even parity, or odd parity.

* A bug in previous versions, where the VJ compressor would use 16
slots even if the peer requested fewer, has been fixed.

