Command Reference Guide

216 ● link-protocol ppp 3Com Router 5000 Family and Router 6000 Family
Command Reference
link-protocol ppp
Purpose Use the link-protocol ppp command to configure the link-layer protocol
encapsulated on the interface as PPP.
Syntax link-protocol ppp
Parameters None
Default By default, the link-layer protocol for interface encapsulation is PPP.
Example Configure PPP encapsulation on interface Serial 0/0/0.
[3Com- Serial0/0/0] link-protocol ppp
View This command can be used in the following views:
■ Interface view
Description PPP is a link-layer protocol bearing network-layer packets over the point-to-point link.
It defines a whole set of protocols including LCP (link control protocol), NCP
(network-layer control protocol), PAP (Password Authentication Protocol) and CHAP
(Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol). It is widely used for it supports user
authentication, easy scalability and synchronization/asynchronization.
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