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Configuring and Managing Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP) Ports 19-15
Displaying PPP Status
Fields in the IPCP Status Display
The following table explains the fields in the IPCP status display:
Field Description
State The IPCP state as defined in RFC 1331. The possible states
are Initial, Starting, Closed, Stopped, Closing, Stopping,
Req Sent, Ack-Rcvd, Ack-Sent, Opened, and DHCP Req.
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
Address
Indicates if address negotiation should take place. This
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
Header
Indicates whether compression is turned on.
Compress States Indicates the maximum number of TCP/IP connections that
can be compressed at any time.