Re: ppp reliable-link

From: Brian Dennis (bdennis@internetworkexpert.com)
Date: Tue Mar 06 2007 - 15:41:03 ART


PPP Reliable Transmission

http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc1663.html

1. Introduction

   By default, PPP packets over HDLC framed links consist of
   "connectionless" datagrams. If reliable transmission over the HDLC
   link is desired, the implementation MUST specify the Numbered-Mode
   Configuration Option during Link Establishment phase.

   Generally, serial link reliability is not a major issue. The
   architecture of protocols used in datagram networking presume
   best-effort non-sequential delivery. When errors are detected,
   datagrams are discarded.

   However, in certain circumstances, it is advisable to provide a
   reliable link, at least for a subset of the messages. The most
   obvious case is when the link is compressed. Since the dictionary is
   recovered from the compressed data stream, and a lost datagram
   corrupts the dictionary, datagrams must not be lost. Not all
   compression types will require a reliable data stream, since the cost
   to detect and reset a corrupt dictionary is small.

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Brian Dennis, CCIE4 #2210 (R&S/ISP-Dial/Security/SP) bdennis@internetworkexpert.com Internetwork Expert, Inc. http://www.InternetworkExpert.com Toll Free: 877-224-8987 Direct: 775-745-6404 (Outside the US and Canada)

On 3/6/07 10:06 AM, "nhatphuc" <nhatphuc@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Group > > Using ppp reliable-link makes the link reliable. Can you tell me what > reliable link is? > > Thanks > > Phuc > > _______________________________________________________________________ > Subscription information may be found at: > http://www.groupstudy.com/list/CCIELab.html



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