I wasn't aware of that! Thanks. But isn't loop detection also a PPP option? At 10:16 PM 2/19/2001 -0500, Marty Adkins wrote: >"Howard C. Berkowitz" wrote: > > > > HDLC really doesn't offer any advantages over PPP, so it really > > reflects someone who doesn't want to do minimum reconfiguration of > > their Ciscos to worry about using PPP for multivendor compatibility. > > >Well, one small advantage is that Cisco's proprietary HDLC keepalive >will report a loop condition on the layer 1. And it will also, by >default, treat a looped interface as "line protocol up", which is >great for testing, using just the router. > > Marty Adkins Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Mentor Technologies Phone: 240-568-6526 > 133 National Business Pkwy WWW: http://www.mentortech.com > Annapolis Junction, MD 20701 Cisco CCIE #1289 _________________________________ FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
