Displaying PPP Characteristics

Example: IPCP Characteristics Display

The following example shows a sample IPCP characteristics display.

Local> SHOW PORT 5 PPP IPCP CHARACTERISTICS

 

IPCP Characteristics:

 

 

IPCP:

Disabled

 

Passive Open:

Disabled

 

Restart Timer:

3

seconds

Max Configure:

10

transmissions

Max Terminate:

2

transmissions

Max Failure:

10

transmissions

IPCP Options:

Local:

Negotiate Address:

Disabled

Remote IP Address:

0.0.0.0

Compress

Header:

Disabled

Compress

States:

16

IPCP Characteristics Display Fields

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

Field

Description

Values

Default

 

 

 

 

IPCP

Indicates if IPCP is

Enabled

Disabled

 

enabled.

Disabled

 

Passive Open*

When enabled, IPCP

Disabled

Disabled

 

negotiation does not begin

 

 

 

until initiated by the

 

 

 

attached device.

 

 

Restart Timer

Indicates the amount of

1 to 5

3

 

time between IPCP

seconds

 

 

configure- or terminate-

 

 

 

request retransmissions

 

 

 

when there is no response.

 

 

Max Configure

The number of times that

1 to 15

10

 

IPCP sends a configure-

attempts

 

 

request packet to the peer

 

 

 

without receiving an

 

 

 

acknowledgment.

 

 

19-8 Configuring and Managing Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP) Ports