The kppp Handbook: Introduction
Description: KPPP Internet Dialer
Keywords: KPPP Dialer Internet PPP IP PAP CHAP

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### 1. Introduction

### 1.1 About kppp

`PLEASE DON'T FORGET TO READ THE FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS! THANK YOU!`

kppp is a dialer and front end for pppd. It allows for interactive script generation and network setup. It will automate the dialing in process to your ISP while letting you conveniently monitor the entire process. Once connected kppp will provide a rich set of statistics and keep track of the time spent online for you. A built-in terminal and script generator will enable you to set up your connection with ease. You will no longer need an additional terminal program such as seyon or minicom to test and setup your connection. kppp features elaborate phone cost accounting, which enables you to easily track your online costs.

We hope you will enjoy this dialer.

### 1.2 Authors

kppp is derived from ezppp 0.6 from Jay Painter. However, nearly everything in kppp was rewritten and so ezppp and kppp do not have very much in common.

The main authors are:

- `Bernd Johannes Wuebben` wuebben@kde.org
- `Mario Weilguni` mweilguni@sime.com
- `Harri Porten` porten@kde.org

Many thanks to the following people who have contributed code to kppp

- Jesus Fuentes Saaverdra for implementing several options and miscellaneous work.
- Markus Wuebben for the ATI query dialog.
- Peter Silva for pop up dialogs and other contributions.
- Martin A. Brown for proofreading some English text in the program
- Martin Häfner for the section on callback
- Olaf Kirch for the introduction to the mysteries of file descriptor passing.
- Ian Gordon for providing a very valuable bugfix.

### 1.3 License and warranty

kppp is published under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL). There is no warranty that this program works or for whatever.

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