Where Ppp Protocol Is Used?

PPP is used over many types of physical networks, including serial cable, phone line, trunk line, cellular telephone, specialized radio links, ISDN, and fiber optic links such as SONET.

Is PPP protocol still used?

PPP (Point-to-point protocol) is a WAN protocol that is often used on point-to-point links. ... Nowadays it's still used for DSL with PPPoE (PPP over Ethernet) and PPPoA (PPP over ATM). One of the advantages of still using PPP is that it allows authentication through PAP and CHAP.

Which two protocols are used in PPP?

PPP operates using different network layer protocols (e.g., IPX and AppleTalk), whereas SLIP uses only TCP/IP-based IP. PPP and SLIP will encapsulate a datagram and other network layer protocol information over point-to-point links. These are called NCPs.

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