Displaying PPP Status

Fields in the ATCP Status Display

The following table explains the fields in the ATCP status display:

Field

Description

 

 

State

The ATCP state as defined in RFC 1331. The possible

 

states are Initial, Starting, Closed, Stopped, Closing,

 

Stopping, Req Sent, Ack-Rcvd, Ack-Sent, and Opened.

Negotiation Time

The number of seconds required by the PPP negotiation

 

procedure the last time ATCP negotiated.

Since Open

The number of seconds since ATCP last attempted to

 

negotiate IP over the link.

Failure Reason

Provides a brief reason if ATCP cannot negotiate IP over

 

the link.

ATCP Options:

Local — Refers to the access server.

 

Remote — Refers to the attached PPP hosts.

AppleTalk Address

The access server Appletalk address and the AppleTalk

 

address that the access server has acquired and assigned

 

to the attached host.

Routing Protocol

The type of routing protocol information that may be

 

sent across the link.

Suppress B_Cast

Indicates whether broadcasts are suppressed.

Compression

Indicates whether compression is being used on

 

AppleTalk packets.

Connect Time

Indicates whether connect time information is passed.

Server Info

Indicates whether server information is passed.

Default Router

The current AppleTalk router that the access server and

 

client are using.

Zone Info

The zone in which the access server and client reside.

 

 

Configuring and Managing Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP) Ports 19-17