3.0PPP OPERATIONAL BACKGROUND

PPP is a protocol used for multi-plexed transport over a point-to-point link. PPP operates on all full duplex media, and is a symmetric peer-to-peer protocol, which can be broken into three main components: 1. A standard method to encapsulate datagrams over serial links; 2. A Link Control Protocol (LCP) to establish, configure, and test the data-link connection; 3. A family of Network Control Protocols (NCPs) to establish and configure different net- work layer protocols.

In order to establish communications over a point-to-point link, each end of the PPP link must first announce its capabilities and agree on the para- meters of the link’s operation. This exchange is facilitated through LCP Configure-Request packets.

Once the link has been established and optional facilities have been negotiated, PPP will attempt to establish a network protocol. PPP will use Network Control Protocol (NCP) to choose and configure one or more net- work layer protocols. Once each of the network layer protocols have been configured, datagrams from the established network layer protocol can be sent over the link. The link will remain configured for these communications until explicit LCP or NCP packets close the link down, or until some external event occurs.

The PPP Bridging Control Protocol (BCP), defined in RFC 1638, configures and enables/disables the bridge protocol on both ends of the point-to-point link. BCP uses the same packet exchange mecha- nism as the Link Control Protocol (LCP). BCP is a Network Control Protocol of PPP, bridge packets may not be exchanged until PPP has reached the network layer protocol phase.

3.1Applications

In situations where a routed network requires connectivity to a

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ated Cisco configuration will set serial interface (s0) to accommodate half bridging for the above example.

Authentication is optional under PPP. In a point-to-point leased- line link, incoming customer facilities are usually fixed in nature, there- fore authentication is generally not required. If the foreign device requires authentication via PAP or CHAP, the PPP software will respond with default Peer-ID consisting of the units Ethernet MAC address and a password which consists of the unit’s Ethernet MAC address.

Some networking systems do not define network numbers in pack- ets sent out over a network. If a packet does not have a specific desti- nation network number, a router will assume that the packet is set up for the local segment and will not forward it to any other sub-network. However, in cases where two devices need to communicate over the wide-area, bridging can be used to transport non-routable protocols.

Figure 2 illustrates transparent bridging between two routers over a serial interface (s0). Bridging will occur between the two Ethernet Interfaces on Router A (e0 and e1) and the two Ethernet Interfaces on Router B (e0 and e1).

remote Ethernet network, the interface on a router can be configured as a PPP IP Half Bridge. The serial line to the remote bridge functions as a Virtual Ethernet interface, effectively extending the routers serial port connection to the remote network. The bridge device sends bridge packets (BPDU's) to the router's serial interface. The router will receive the layer three address information and will forward these packets based on its IP address.

Figure 1 shows a typical Cisco router with a serial interface configured as a PPP Half Bridge. The router serial interface uses a remote device that supports PPP bridging to function as a node on the remote Ethernet net- work. The serial interface on the Cisco will have an IP address on the same Ethernet subnet as the bridge.

For example, the customer site is assigned the addresses 192.168.1.0/24 through 192.168.1.1/24. The address 192.168.1.1/24 is

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Figure 2. Transparent bridging between two routers over a serial link.

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