1 overview of ppp properties and features – Westermo RedFox Series User Manual
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Westermo OS Management Guide
Version 4.17.0-0
covered in
33.1
Overview of PPP Instance Properties and Man-
agement Features
Feature
General Description
Link types
Ethernet (PPPoE client)
X
X
Serial/modem
X
X
and
PPP Link Establishment
MRU negotiation
X
X
PPP authentication
Protocols: PAP,CHAP, . . .
X
X
Username/password
X
X
Peer authentication
X
X
and
MPPE Encryption
X
X
IP/Interface
Address Assignment
X
X
Proxy ARP
X
X
On demand dialing
X
X
Other interface settings
X
X
(default route, etc.)
33.1.1
Introduction to PPP
The Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP)[
] is a common data link protocol for point-
to-point links. PPP is able to carry different kinds of layer-3 protocols, and can
be used in several contexts. WeOS supports IP (IPv4) service over PPP for the
following link types
❼ PPP over Serial Link: PPP can be used as data link protocol over serial links,
e.g., by connecting to units directly via a serial (null-modem) cable, or over
1
Future releases of WeOS may support additional PPP modes, such as PPTP and L2TP for VPN
dial-in services.
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