Hi Guys and of course Priscilla, Sorry for the delay in getting back to you, long day at work and ive just got in so i thought i would check straight away to find out what you have all said.
Whew, thanks for all your inputs, i was going absolutely mad over this, Well finally the penny dropped as i had forgotten to set the clockrate on the DCE router!!!! Now thats set though, i have managed to set up the connection using PAP, and i finally managed to ping each interface though now 1 of the interfaces keeps shutting down and is outputting the following message when using the debug commands and seems to remove the route to the directly connected interface:- # debug ppp neg 05:46:49: Se0 PPP: Negotiation timeout, dropping connection 05:46:49: Se0 PPP: Phase is DOWN 05:46:49: Se0 IPCP: State is Closed 05:46:49: Se0 CDPCP: State is Closed 05:46:49: Se0 PPP: Phase is ESTABLISHING, Passive Open 05:46:49: Se0 IPCP: Remove route to 10.0.1.2 R9-1601R# 05:46:50: %LINEPROTO-5-UPDOWN: Line protocol on Interface Serial0, changed state to down 05:46:51: %LINK-3-UPDOWN: Interface Serial0, changed state to up 05:46:51: Se0 PPP: Treating connection as a dedicated line 05:46:51: Se0 PPP: Phase is ESTABLISHING, Active Open I am currently following the BCRAN Cisco Press book and i can't seem to find the answers i am after when using PPP. For instance, once PPP is established and the connection has been authenticated if desired, will the link stay up permanently or is there something preset that will shut the link down during inactivity, The reason im stuck on this is that i can't see that it would be correct to perform the "no shut" command to each interface before pinging eachother just to test the connection. Apologies if this is worded strangely, its the only way i could think of putting it across!! "jonathan" Cheers for your config layout - thats great. My connection stays up permanently if i configure HDLC with no problems at all, i just don't understand why the BCRAN cisco press book does'nt go into PPP slightly further. Cheers everyone Regards Matt ""richard dumoulin"" wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Saunders, is it finally working ? Tell us something !! Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=66579&t=66486 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
