Description
| Application | FTP | SMTP | HTTP | … | DNS | … |
| Transport | TCP | UDP | ||||
| Internet | IP | IPv6 | ||||
| Network access | PPP | |||||
| PPPoE | PPPoA | |||||
| Ethernet | ATM | |||||
PPP was designed somewhat after the original HDLC specifications. The designers of PPP included many additional features that had been seen only in proprietary data-link protocols up to that time.
RFC 2516 describes Point-to-Point Protocol over Ethernet (PPPoE) as a method for transmitting PPP over Ethernet that is sometimes used with DSL. RFC 2364 describes Point-to-Point Protocol over ATM (PPPoA) as a method for transmitting PPP over ATM Adaptation Layer 5 (AAL5), which is also a common alternative to PPPoE used with DSL.
PPP is specified in RFC 1661.
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