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Old 28 March 2023, 20:01   #98
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Originally Posted by Retro1234 View Post
Just curious because this is long before I had internet. PPP point to point protocol just makes me think of leased lines. But I guess people are talking about dial up? You use it to connect to your ISP etc?
Yep, PPP is just the protocol used to help validate a connection and to facilitate handing out an IP address. It's just a layer two connecting protocol basically.

Mostly, I think it is still used for DSL where that is still used..
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