Displaying PPP Status
Fields in the IPCP Status Display
The following table explains the fields in the IPCP status display:
Field | Description |
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State | The IPCP state as defined in RFC 1331. The possible states |
| are Initial, Starting, Closed, Stopped, Closing, Stopping, |
| Req Sent, |
| DHCP Req (which is not part of RFC 1331) indicates the |
| negotiations are waiting for DHCP to assign an IP address. |
Negotiation Time | The number of seconds required by the PPP negotiation |
| procedure the last time IPCP negotiated. |
Since Open | The number of seconds since IPCP last attempted to |
| negotiate IP over the link. |
Failure Reason | Provides a brief reason if IPCP cannot negotiate IP over the |
| link. |
Negotiate | Indicates if address negotiation should take place. This |
Address | characteristic is disabled in this release. |
IP Address | Local — The IP address that the access server is using for |
| itself on the link. This value is the address used with the |
| access server’s own Ethernet. |
| Remote — The value that the access server is using to |
| identify the peer on the link. |
Compress | Indicates whether compression is turned on. |
Header |
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Compress States | Indicates the maximum number of TCP/IP connections that |
| can be compressed at any time. |
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