Adding a PPP Entity
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A screen similar to the following will display:
Adding PPP configuration record for Peer ID: 1
Enter PPP parameters:
1) Description :
{Enter text up to 30 characters}
2) Administrative Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Enabled
{(E)nable, (D)isable}
3) PPP Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Normal
{(N)ormal, (M)ultilink}
4) Compression Type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . None
{(N)one, STAC-(L)ZS}
5) Bridging Group. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
{1-65535 or 0 if no Bridging}
50) Bridge Config Admin Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Enabled
{(E)nabled, (D)isabled}
51) PPP Bridging Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ethernet Only
{Bridge (A)ll, (E)thernet Only}
6) Routing Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0
{1-65535 or 0 if no Routing}
7) Authentication Type. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . None
{(N)one, (P)AP, (C)HAP}
8) Max Failure Count . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
{1..65535}
9) Max Configure Count . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
{1..65535}
10) Max Terminate Count. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
{1..65535}
11) Retry Timeout Value. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
{Retry Timeout in Second(s) 1..65535}
12) Fragmentation Interleaving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No
{Fragmentation Interleaving Yes or No
(save/quit/cancel)
:
The prompts for Bridging, Routing, Authentication, and Fragmentation Interleaving
(numbered 5, 6, 7, and 12 above), contain suboptions that are displayed only if you have
enabled those features. These expanded menus are shown below in the relevant sections
describing the UI fields.
3. When you have made the changes you need to the prompts on this screen, enter the
following command to save the PPP Entity:
save
The following prompt will display:
Normal (non-multilink) PPP configuration record created.
Do you wish to define the link at this time y/n (y):
If you answer yes to this prompt, a linkadd command will be automatically executed for
this PPP Entity. For complete details on using the linkadd command, see the relevant
section in Chapter 31, entitled “WAN Links.”
If you answer No to this prompt, a message will appear indicating that the link was not
added, but the PPP Entity itself was added.