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PPP Persuasion
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HDLC and PPP Comparison Chart
Criteria
HDLC
PPP
Ease of Configuration
Standard or default for all Cisco
equipment
Can be simple or more involved,
depending upon the PPP options
chosen to implement
Adaptability to Non-Proprietary
Network Equipment
Not adaptable to other non-Cisco
devices
Adaptable to other non-proprietary
devices
Security Options
Not offered
CHAP (encrypted and secure link
passwords) or PAP (non-encrypted
link passwords)
Bandwidth Usage and Compression
Standard TDM and no compression
Compression available
Bandwidth Consolidation
Standard serial bandwidth used on
one connection
Different connections can be
bundled to offer higher bandwidth
and traffic throughput
Identify elements of the model that map to IT-related content:
 PPP
 HDLC
 CHAP
 PAP
 TDM
 STDM
 Bandwidth compression
 Bandwidth consolidation