[2171] in linux-net channel archive
Re: LCP echo problems (again)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (linuxsys@ssg.com)
Wed Mar 20 10:05:58 1996
Date: Wed, 20 Mar 1996 13:37:54 GMT
From: linuxsys@ssg.com
To: "Al Longyear" <longyear@netcom.com>, linux-net@vger.rutgers.edu
In-Reply-To: <199603200439.AA06539@ssg.com>
linuxsys@ssg.com writes:
[...]
> > The most common problem is that they totally freq out when they see a unknown
> > frame. They will usually follow the RFC in that they will send a protocol
> > reject, but they fail to understand that the CCP frame is an independent
> > protocol and they try to take down the link when they see the CCP frame.
> [...]
> > or, if the peer refuses to listen to you or you can not convince them as
> > to the errors of their ways,
>
[...]
A follow-up question: is there a quick and easy way to verify that a
host is not handling CCP frames correctly?
Rick
