Troubleshooting PPP links

Negotiate IPCP and other parameters

Lines 67-128 show the negotiation of Internet Protocol Control Protocol (IPCP) parameters.

67  Link link_0 : Phase was AUTHENTICATE, Phase Now NETWORK
68  Link link_0 : Entering NETWORK phase, notify kernel
69  Bundle Annex: Phase was DEAD, Phase Now NETWORK
70  Bundle Annex: Entering NETWORK phase, notify kernel
71  Bundle Annex: Start Protocol IPCP
72  Bundle Annex: IPCP FSM Event Administrative Open
73  Bundle Annex: IPCP      Causes State INITIAL -> STARTING
74  Bundle Annex: IPCP Starting
75  Bundle Annex: IPCP FSM Event Up
76  Bundle Annex: IPCP      Causes State STARTING -> REQSENT
77  Bundle Annex: IPCP Constructing Configure Request
78  Bundle Annex: IPCP Request Local Address 156.120.24.66
79  Bundle Annex: IPCP Request DNS Address 0.0.0.0
80  Bundle Annex: IPCP Request Secondary DNS Address 0.0.0.0
81  Bundle Annex: IPCP Send Configure Request
82  Bundle Annex: Got Statistics update
83  Bundle Annex: AUDIT outgoing Annex. Connected date
84  Link link_0 : LCP Received Code Reject
85  Link link_0 : LCP Code Reject is of Identification
86  Link link_0 : LCP FSM Event Receive Protocol/Code Reject (Acceptable)
87  Link link_0 : LCP      Causes State OPENED -> OPENED
88  Bundle Annex: IPCP Received Configure Reject
89  Bundle Annex: IPCP FSM Event Receive Configure Nak/Reject
90  Bundle Annex: IPCP      Causes State REQSENT -> REQSENT
91  Bundle Annex: IPCP Constructing Configure Request (after Reject)
92  Bundle Annex: IPCP Request Local Address 156.120.24.66
93  Bundle Annex: IPCP DNS Option was rejected
94  Bundle Annex: IPCP Secondary DNS Option was rejected
95  Bundle Annex: IPCP Send Configure Request
96  Bundle Annex: IPCP Received Configure Nak
97  Bundle Annex: IPCP FSM Event Receive Configure Nak/Reject
98  Bundle Annex: IPCP      Causes State REQSENT -> REQSENT
99  Bundle Annex: IPCP Constructing Configure Request (after Nak)
100 Bundle Annex: IPCP Local Address (Any) was Nak'ed with 156.120.135.2 - Allowing
101 Bundle Annex: IPCP Send Configure Request
102 Bundle Annex: IPCP Received Configure Ack
103 Bundle Annex: IPCP FSM Event Receive Configure Ack
104 Bundle Annex: IPCP      Causes State REQSENT -> ACKRCVD
105 Bundle Annex: IPCP Received Configure Request
106 Bundle Annex: IPCP Peer requests VJ Header Compression (Ack)
107 Bundle Annex: IPCP Peer requests Slot Compression (Ack)
108 Bundle Annex: IPCP Peer requests Max-Slot 16 (Ack)
109 Bundle Annex: IPCP Peer requests IP Address 156.120.1.57 (Ack)
110 Bundle Annex: IPCP Default DNS Advertisement (None)
111 Bundle Annex: IPCP Default DNS Advertisement (None)
112 Bundle Annex: IPCP Configure Request is acceptable (Ack)
113 Bundle Annex: IPCP FSM Event Receive Configure Request (Acceptable)
114 Bundle Annex: IPCP      Causes State ACKRCVD -> OPENED
115 Bundle Annex: IPCP Send Configure Ack
116 Bundle Annex: IPCP Up
117 Bundle Annex: IPCP Local address 156.120.135.2
118 Bundle Annex: IPCP Peer address 156.120.1.57
119 Bundle Annex: IPCP Local VJ Compression Disabled
120 Bundle Annex: IPCP Peer VJ Compression Enabled
121 Bundle Annex: IPCP     Max-Slot-Id 16, Slot Compression
122 Bundle Annex: IPCP Primary DNS Address (Not obtained)
123 Bundle Annex: IPCP Secondary DNS Address (Not obtained)
124 Bundle Annex: IPCP Configuring interface ppp0
125 Bundle Annex: IPCP Binding to network protocol 0x0021
126 Bundle Annex: IPCP Binding to network protocol 0x002d
127 Bundle Annex: IPCP Binding to network protocol 0x002f
128 Bundle Annex: IPCP Notify kernel protocol OPENED
On lines 77-97, IPCP negotiation could not establish the addresses of any advertized DNS servers, and LCP identification of the PPP version was rejected because the remote side's version of PPP did not recognize these requests.

On line 100, the remote side refused the request by the local end of the link for the IP address 156.120.24.66 and overrode it with the address 156.120.135.2.

Line 119 shows that the local host disabled VJ header compression whereas lines 120-122 shows that the remote host enabled it at its end. Enabling VJ header and slot compression at the local end would improve the performance of data transfer over the link. (Note that VJ header and slot compression should not be enabled for links over ISDN lines.)

Line 128 shows that the kernel has been notified that the PPP link has been established. The network interface corresponding to the link should now be visible using the ifconfig -a command.


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