Displaying PPP Status

Fields in the LCP Status Display

The following table describes the fields in the LCP status display:

Field

Description

 

 

State

The LCP state as defined in RFC 1331.

Negotiation Time

The number of seconds required by the PPP negotiation

 

procedure the last time LCP renegotiated.

Since Open

The number of seconds since LCP last attempted to

 

negotiate the link.

Failure Reason

Provides a brief reason if LCP cannot complete

 

negotiations.

MRU

Maximum Receive Unit. Indicates the largest number of

 

characters each peer would like to receive in a packet.

Character Map

Specifies which characters require special encapsulation or

 

“byte stuffing.”

Authentication

Indicates whether authentication is required. PAP is

 

supported for this release.

Link Quality

The link quality is disabled in this release.

Magic Number

Local — Indicates if the access server has negotiated to

 

respond to magic numbers from the peer. These numbers

 

can be used to detect loopback. The local magic number is

 

disabled in this release.

 

Remote — Indicates if the peer has negotiated to respond to

 

magic numbers from the access server. The remote magic

 

number is disabled in this release.

PF Compress

Indicates whether Protocol Field compression has been

 

negotiated.

ACF Compress

Indicates whether Address and Control Field compression

 

has been negotiated.

FCS Size

Always 16-bit CRC.

Callback

Indicates that call-back has been negotiated.

 

 

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