[c-nsp] Cisco HDLC Link Establishment

[Gert Doering]

Hi,

On Thu, Jul 22, 2004 at 10:35:56PM -0500, Khawaja, Kashif wrote:
> So, I was just curious to know what process does a link using Cisco hdlc
> encapsulation goes through when establishing a connection.

No negotiations of any sort.

Physical line comes up (carrier seen), HDLC is up and starts forwarding 
packets.

The only thing to monitor the line's availability are the keepalives,
but they will not prevent the line from coming up initially (as you have
observed).

gert
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