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Now, the industry's #1 hands-on PPP developer's guide has been updated to reflect the latest PPP advances, including SONET/SDH, optical PPP links, the use of PPP in telecommunications, and Linux-based PPP implementation -- a topic of exceptionally hot interest. In this book, leading network software architect James Carlson explains how PPP links operate, in depth, so developers can build more effective PPP implementations, and troubleshoot failures more effectively. Readers will learn how to implement and extend PPP in many environments, including Linux and UNIX. Carlson introduces PPP's growing role in telecommunications, including optical PPP links, PPP's relationship with SONET/SDH, and more. He also explains PPP's relationships to OSPF and other protocols, including PPP/L2TP integration in virtual private networks. The accompanying CD-ROM contains an extensive PPP resource library, including all relevant RFCs, several PPP implementations, and other PPP-related documentation.
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Audience for PPP Design and DebuggingThis book was written for the system designer, network administrator, or technical support specialist who needs to understand PPP at a byte-by-byte level. It covers the line coding techniques, the negotiation model, and the specific protocols that it supports. This book does not cover the configuration or use of any particular implementation in much detail -- there are already a number of books which do this. Instead, it sorts through the sometimes conflicting and often confusing array of standards which comprise PPP and ties them together in a coherent whole. If you are designing a PPP implementation, debugging a link using a protocol analyzer, or are curious about how an important part of the Internet works, then this book is for you.
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