Solaris PPP Specifications

Solaris PPP is an asynchronous implementation of the standard data-link level Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP) included in the TCP/IP protocol suite and provided by a number of router system vendors and terminal concentrators. It includes a standard encapsulation protocol, making datagram transmission transparent to network layer protocols.

The major characteristics of the Solaris PPP protocol are:

• Implements the Internet Point-to-Point Protocol, as defined in RFC 1331

• Provides error detection through CRC

• Supports full duplex transmission

The major functions of the protocol are:

• Interface for IP to forward packets over asynchronous serial lines

• Connection establishment on demand

• Configurable options negotiation

• Connection termination (automatic hang-up)