Best Data DSL542 ADSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide
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Field Description Last Fail Cause Indicates the action that ended the previous PPP
session:
No Valid PADO Recvd: The unit initiated a PPoE
handshake but did not receive a packet in reply from the
ISP.
No Valid PADS Recvd: After the initial handshake,
the unit did not receive a confirmation packet from the
ISP.
Stopped by User: The user stopped the connection
(for example, by changing the Configuration Manager
settings for the PPP interface.)
No Activity: The PPP communication timed out, in
accordance with the timeout period specified on the PPP
Configuration page.
Auth Failure: The ISP could not authorize the
connection based on the user name and/or password
provided.
PADT recvd: The ISP issued a special packet type
to terminate the PPP connection.
VC down: The Virtual Circuit between the unit and
the ISP is down.
Internal failure: A system software failure occurred.
DNS The IP address of the DNS server (located with your
ISP) used on this PPP connection.
SDNS The IP address of the secondary DNS server (located
with your ISP) used on this PPP connection.
Security
Protocol The type of PPP security your ISP uses: PAP (Password
Authentication Protocol) or CHAP (Challenge
Handshake Authentication Protocol).
Login Name The name you use to log in to your ISP each time this
PPP connection is established.