Specifications

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Chapter 20

Conﬁguring and Managing Point-to-

Point Protocol (PPP) Ports

Overview

Introduction

This chapter explains how to conﬁgure and manage access server ports for use

with PCs and computers acting as Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP) hosts. A PPP host

uses PPP as its data link over low-speed asynchronous serial lines.

Prerequisites

Before you use the procedures in this chapter, you must:

• Ensure that the devices support PPP.

• Connect and test the devices.

• Conﬁgure the port and device characteristics to match.

For information about device cables, refer to the access server hardware

documentation.

In This Chapter

This chapter contains the following topics:

• Enabling PPP on an Access Server Port

• Establishing and Ending a PPP Session

• Displaying PPP Characteristics