8.17<channel> pvc
8.17.1Syntax
<channel> pvc [[<port>] <vpi>] <vci> [ipmac] [listen]
<channel> pvc none
8.17.2 Description
Attach an ATM PVC to the given PPP channel. The port can be specified (only for a
The allowable range of port, VPI, VCI depends on the ATM driver. Normal limits are 0 only for port, 0 only for VPI, 1 to 1023 for VCI.
If a single argument none is supplied, any current connection is torn down. This is equivalent to svc none on the channel.
In the PPP state machine, providing a link of this form causes the link to be up. Note that enable must also be used, to allow the link to become operational.
The ip or mac indicates which form of data is transported over the connection: one of IP data (controlled by the IPCP protocol), or MAC data (for BCP). If neither is provided, ip is assumed.
If the channel is not linked to an interface, and the channel is for IP data, the channel is linked to interface 1. If the channel is not linked to an interface, and the channel is for MAC data, the channel is linked to interface 2.
Providing a PVC setting unsets any SVC setting. See <channel> svc on page 128.
It is possible for a PVC to become down in the PPP state machine even though the PVC is still there, for instance due to an authentication failure. If in this state, an incoming packet will cause the PPP state machine to go up.
If the listen option is specified then this is the server end of a PVC. It will not send out PPP Configure Requests until it first receives a packet over the PVC. When a connection is torn down it goes returns to this state.
Use the info command to read this information.
Configuration saving saves this information. By default, a channel has no connection information.
8.17.3Example
ppp3 pvc 3 32
set channel 3 to be (VPI=3, VCI=32)
ppp 4 pvc
read PVC settings for channel 4
ppp 5 pvc 0
remove any PVC settings from channel 5
