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- In this chapter, there is a lack of consistency in the use of the

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word ppp/PPP, so let's start some cleaning.
- Avoid capitalization of "User" and "Kernel".
- s/section/chapter where needed.
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<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>How to setup User PPP.</para>
<para>How to setup user PPP.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>How to setup Kernel PPP.</para>
<para>How to setup kernel PPP.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>How to setup <acronym>PPPoE</acronym> (PPP over
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</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
<para>You may be wondering what the main difference is between User
<para>You may be wondering what the main difference is between user
PPP and kernel PPP. The answer is simple; user PPP processes the
inbound and outbound data in userland rather than in the kernel.
This is expensive in terms of copying the data between the kernel
and userland, but allows a far more feature-rich ppp implementation.
and userland, but allows a far more feature-rich PPP implementation.
User PPP uses the <devicename>tun</devicename> device to communicate
with the outside world whereas kernel-ppp uses the
with the outside world whereas kernel PPP uses the
<devicename>ppp</devicename> device.</para>
<note>
<para>Throughout in this chapter, user ppp will simply be
referred to as ppp unless a distinction needs to be made between it
and any other PPP software such as <command>pppd</command>.
<para>Throughout in this chapter, user PPP will simply be
referred to as <application>ppp</application> unless a distinction needs to be made between it
and any other PPP software such as <application>pppd</application>.
Unless otherwise stated, all of the commands explained in this
section should be executed as <username>root</username>.</para>
chapter should be executed as <username>root</username>.</para>
</note>
</sect1>