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Pptp ifadd, Pptp commands – Technicolor - Thomson ST585 V6 User Manual

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E-DOC-CTC-20061027-0004 v1.0

PPTP Commands

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pptp ifadd

Add a Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol (PPTP) profile.

SYNTAX:

where:

i

Backwards compatible with previous release, use profiles instead.

pptp ifadd

dest =
[rate = ]
[encaps = <{vcmux | nlpid}>]
[ac = <{never | always | keep}>]

dest

The WAN destination for this PPTP tunnel.
Typically a phonebook entry.

REQUIRED

rate

A number between 10 and 10000.
Represents the transmission speed (in bits/s) for the WAN link.

OPTIONAL

encaps

The type of WAN encapsulation to be used with this PPTP profile.
Choose between:

>

VC_MUX

>

Network Layer Protocol IDentifiers (NLPID).

The default is

vcmux

.

OPTIONAL

ac

The High-level Data Link Control (HDLC) framing option applicable
to PPTP interfaces using this PPTP profile.
Choose between:

>

always

: Before relaying the encapsulated PPP frames over the

PPPoA link, make sure that the address and control field
(0xFF03) is always in front of the frames.

>

never

: Before relaying the encapsulated PPP frames over the

PPPoA link, make sure the address and control field will never
be found in front of the frames.

>

keep

: Do not change the frames arriving via the PPTP tunnel.

The default is

never

.

Note

The default setting is compliant to RFC2364, therefore it is
recommended to keep this setting.

OPTIONAL