Viewing PPP Interface Details

 

 

Field

Description

 

 

Last Fail Cause:

This field indicates the action that ended the

 

previous PPP session.

 

[No Valid PADO Recvd]:

 

The unit initiated a PPPoE handshake but did not

 

receive a packet in reply from the ISP.

 

[No Valid PADS Recvd]:

 

After the initial handshake, the unit did not receive

 

a confirmation packet from the ISP.

 

[Stopped by User]:

 

The user stopped the connection (for example,

 

by changing the Configuration Manager settings

 

for the PPP interface.)

 

[No Activity]:

 

The PPP communication timed out, in accordance

 

with the timeout period specified on the PPP

 

Configuration page.

 

[Auth Failure]:

 

The ISP could not authorize the connection based

 

on the user name and/or password provided.

 

[PADT Recvd]:

 

The ISP issued a special packet type to terminate

 

the PPP connection.

 

[VC down]:

 

The Virtual Circuit between the unit and the ISP

 

is down.

 

[Internal failure]:

 

A system software failure occurred.

 

 

DNS:

This is the IP address of the DNS server (located

 

with your ISP) used on this PPP connection.

 

 

SDNS:

The IP address of the secondary DNS server

 

(located with your ISP) used on this PPP connection.

 

 

Security Protocol:

This field indicates the type of PPP security your

 

ISP uses:

 

[PAP] (Password Authentication Protocol)

 

[CHAP] (Challenge Handshake Authentication

 

Protocol).

 

 

Login Name:

This is the name you use to log in to your ISP each

 

time this PPP connection is established.

 

 

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