Displaying PPP Characteristics

Fields in the LCP Characteristics Display

The following table explains the fields in the LCP characteristics display.

Field

Description

Values

Default

 

 

 

 

LCP

Indicates if LCP is

Enabled

Enabled

 

enabled.

Disabled

 

Passive Open

When enabled, LCP

Enabled

Disabled

 

negotiation does not

Disabled

 

 

begin until initiated by

 

 

 

the attached device.

 

 

Restart Timer

Indicates the amount of

1 to 5 attempts

3

 

time between LCP

 

 

 

configure- or terminate-

 

 

 

request retransmissions

 

 

 

when there is no

 

 

 

response.

 

 

Max Configure

The number of times that

1 to 15

10

 

LCP sends a configure-

attempts

 

 

request packet to the peer

 

 

 

without receiving an

 

 

 

acknowledgment.

 

 

Max Terminate

The number of times that

1 to 15

2

 

LCP sends a terminate-

attempts

 

 

request packet to the peer

 

 

 

without receiving an

 

 

 

acknowledgment.

 

 

Max Failure

The number of times that

1 to 15 seconds

10

 

LCP sends a negative

 

 

 

acknowledgment for the

 

 

 

peer’s proposed options

 

 

 

before deciding to reject

 

 

 

the options.

 

 

MRU

The current MRU value.

64 to 1500

1500

Character Map

The current character

0 to FFFFFFFF

FFFFFFFF

 

map.

 

 

Authentication

The current

Disabled, PAP,

Disabled

 

authentication

CHAP

 

 

configuration.

 

 

Link Quality*

The current link quality.

Disabled

Disabled

 

 

 

 

19-6 Configuring and Managing Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP) Ports