Chapter 19

Configuring and Managing Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP) Ports

Overview

Introduction

This chapter explains how to configure and manage access server ports for use with PCs and computers acting as Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP) hosts. A PPP host uses PPP as its data link over low-speed asynchronous serial lines.

Prerequisites

Before you use the procedures in this chapter, you must:

Ensure that the devices support PPP.

Connect and test the devices.

Configure the port and device characteristics to match.

For information about device cables, refer to the access server hardware documentation.

In This Chapter

This chapter contains the following topics:

Enabling PPP on an Access Server Port

Establishing and Ending a PPP Session

Displaying PPP Characteristics

Displaying PPP Status

Displaying PPP Counters

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