pppstat(1M)                                              pppstat(1M)


       NAME
             pppstat - show PPP status

       SYNOPSIS
             pppstat

       DESCRIPTION
             The pppstat command shows PPP interface statistics.

             pppstat sends a PPP status request to pppd through a socket
             and then waits for pppd to return PPP status.  pppd transmits
             and receives messages at the port indicated in the "pppmsg"
             service specification; see services(4).  pppstat waits for the
             response for four seconds before it times out.

             pppstat provides statistics regarding packets transferred and
             packet errors. It gives the number of times the following
             errors have occurred in received packets: bad Frame Check
             Sequence (FCS), bad address field, bad control field, and bad
             protocol field. It further shows the number of packets
             received for which the previous content was good, but which
             had a bad id field or which were loopback packets.  pppstat
             also contains the number of connections established, closed,
             inbound requested, and outbound requested. The number of PPP
             password authentication failures and PPP state table errors
             are also displayed.

       REFERENCES
             pppd(1M)



















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