Motorola Netopia 3397GP - Manual (Page 180)

Administrator’s Handbook
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PPPoE /PPPoA Settings
You can use the following commands to configure basic settings, por t authentication settings, and peer
authentication settings for PPP inter faces on your Motorola Netopia® Gateway.
Configuring Basic PPP Settings.
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NOTE:
For the DSL platform you must identify the vir tual PPP inter face [vcc n ] , a number from 1
to 8.
set ppp module [vcc n ] option { on | off }
Enables or disables PPP on the Motorola Netopia
®
Gateway.
set ppp module [vcc n ] auto-connect { on | off }
Suppor ts manual mode required for some vendors. The default on is not normally changed. If auto-con-
nect is disabled ( off), you must manually start/stop a ppp connection.
set ppp module [vcc n ] mru integer
Specifies the Maximum Receive Unit (MRU) for the PPP inter face. The integer argument can be any
number between 128 and 1492 for PPPoE; 1500 other wise.
set ppp module [vcc n ] magic-number { on | off }
Enables or disables LCP magic number negotiation.
set ppp module [vcc n ] protocol-compression { on | off }
Specifies whether you want the Motorola Netopia® Gateway to compress the PPP Protocol field when it
transmits datagrams over the PPP link.
set ppp module [vcc n ] lcp-echo-requests { on | off }
Specifies whether you want your Motorola Netopia® Gateway to send LCP echo requests. You should
turn off LCP echoing if you do not want the Motorola Netopia® Gateway to drop a PPP link to a nonre-
sponsive peer.
set ppp module [vcc n ] echo-period integer
Specifies the number of seconds the Motorola Netopia® Gateway should wait before sending another
echo from an LCP echo request. The integer argument can be any number from between 5 and 300
(seconds).