[cisco-nas] "ppp ipcp address required" command

[Tassos Chatzithomaoglou]

It doesn't seem to do anything for this particular user...

May  5 04:23:08.239: Vi34 IPCP: TIMEout: State REQsent
May  5 04:23:08.239: Vi34 IPCP: O CONFREQ [REQsent] id 136 len 10
May  5 04:23:08.239: Vi34 IPCP:    Address x.x.x.x (0x0306C2DBEF02)
May  5 04:23:08.251: Vi34 IPCP: I TERMACK [REQsent] id 136 len 4
May  5 04:23:10.255: Vi34 IPCP: TIMEout: State REQsent
May  5 04:23:10.255: Vi34 IPCP: O CONFREQ [REQsent] id 137 len 10
May  5 04:23:10.255: Vi34 IPCP:    Address x.x.x.x (0x0306C2DBEF02)
May  5 04:23:10.267: Vi34 IPCP: I TERMACK [REQsent] id 137 len 4
May  5 04:23:12.271: Vi34 IPCP: TIMEout: State REQsent
May  5 04:23:12.271: Vi34 IPCP: O CONFREQ [REQsent] id 138 len 10
May  5 04:23:12.271: Vi34 IPCP:    Address x.x.x.x (0x0306C2DBEF02)
May  5 04:23:12.287: Vi34 IPCP: I TERMACK [REQsent] id 138 len 4
May  5 04:23:14.291: Vi34 IPCP: TIMEout: State REQsent
May  5 04:23:14.291: Vi34 IPCP: O CONFREQ [REQsent] id 139 len 10
May  5 04:23:14.295: Vi34 IPCP:    Address x.x.x.x (0x0306C2DBEF02)
May  5 04:23:14.315: Vi34 IPCP: I TERMACK [REQsent] id 139 len 4
May  5 04:23:16.303: Vi34 IPCP: TIMEout: State REQsent
May  5 04:23:16.303: Vi34 IPCP: O CONFREQ [REQsent] id 140 len 10
May  5 04:23:16.303: Vi34 IPCP:    Address x.x.x.x (0x0306C2DBEF02)
May  5 04:23:16.315: Vi34 IPCP: I TERMACK [REQsent] id 140 len 4
May  5 04:23:18.379: Vi34 IPCP: TIMEout: State REQsent
May  5 04:23:18.379: Vi34 IPCP: O CONFREQ [REQsent] id 141 len 10
May  5 04:23:18.379: Vi34 IPCP:    Address x.x.x.x (0x0306C2DBEF02)
May  5 04:23:18.439: Vi34 IPCP: I TERMACK [REQsent] id 141 len 4
May  5 04:23:20.423: Vi34 IPCP: TIMEout: State REQsent
May  5 04:23:20.423: Vi34 IPCP: O CONFREQ [REQsent] id 142 len 10
May  5 04:23:20.423: Vi34 IPCP:    Address x.x.x.x (0x0306C2DBEF02)
May  5 04:23:20.443: Vi34 IPCP: I TERMACK [REQsent] id 142 len 4
May  5 04:23:22.351: Vi34 IPCP: TIMEout: State REQsent
May  5 04:23:22.351: Vi34 IPCP: O CONFREQ [REQsent] id 143 len 10
May  5 04:23:22.351: Vi34 IPCP:    Address x.x.x.x (0x0306C2DBEF02)
May  5 04:23:22.367: Vi34 IPCP: I TERMACK [REQsent] id 143 len 4
May  5 04:23:24.367: Vi34 IPCP: TIMEout: State REQsent
May  5 04:23:24.367: Vi34 IPCP: State is REQsent

PS: x.x.x.x is the router's address.

Oliver Boehmer (oboehmer) wrote:

>>What exactly does this command ("ppp ipcp address required") do?
> 
> 
> It disconnects the PPP session (takes LCP down) unless we were able to
> negotiate an IP address. Without this command, 0.0.0.0 is "assigned" and
> IPCP is open (not that the client is able to do much with it).
> Introduced by CSCdr92864.
> 
> 	oli
> 

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       Chatzithomaoglou Anastasios
Network Design & Development Department
              FORTHnet S.A.
          <achatz at forthnet.gr>
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