October 2005
Intermediate to advanced
1648 pages
47h 34m
English

This chapter describes the protocols responsible for PPP link setup and basic operation, including Link Control Protocol (LCP) and the Network Control Protocols (NCPs) used to configure PPP for different layer 3 protocols. I also discuss the two PPP authentication protocols, Password Authentication Protocol (PAP) and Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol (CHAP), which are used to provide authentication during link setup.
Of all the PPP suite protocols, LCP is the most important. It is responsible for PPP's overall successful operation, ...
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