Heritage Kayaks Heritage Series manual Commands for PPP process, Console object types

102 Command Sets for Command Line Interface

Commands for PPP process

1. Console object types

The ppp process presents its setup in terms of a number of distinct object types:

The upper limit on the number of each of these objects permitted in a system is configured using the ‘config resource’ console command. The current state of each object is saved by ‘config save’.

1.1 Channels

The ppp process provides a number of PPP connection channels. A channel is a single PPP connection. Channels are numbered from 1. Many ppp console commands affect only a single channel. The command is prefixed with the channel number.

1.2 Users

A user is a user name and password. All users must have distinct names. The user console command controls these.

1.3 Interfaces

An interface is an internal MAC (Ethernet) device. PPP channels must be associated with an interface to be involved with bridging or routing.

1.4 Interface 1 and Channel 1

Interface 1 has some special functions associated with it, allowing dynamic IP address assignment to be performed. Channel 1 is by default associated with Interface 1 These two should be used only for IP dial-out functions, and for this function should be attached to the router interface named ‘ppp_device’.

2.<channel> clear

Syntax:

<channel> clear

Description:

Clear all aspects of this channel back to their default settings. If there is an active connection it is torn down.