The following advanced IP options can be configured:
IP address negotiation
Whether to perform IP address negotiation with the remote site.
The default setting is Yes.
Local address
Select one of:
Negotiate
Try to negotiate a locally configured local IP address.
If the remote side refuses to use the address or no address
has been configured locally, allow the remote host to provide the
local IP address.
This is the default behavior.
Specify
Try to negotiate a locally configured local IP address.
If the remote side refuses to use the address, the link will fail.
If no address has been configured locally, allow the remote host
to provide the local IP address.
Obtain
Allow the remote host to provide the local IP address,
overriding any locally configured address.
If the remote host cannot provide an address, negotiate a
locally configured local IP address with the remote host.
Remote address
Select one of:
Negotiate
Try to negotiate a locally configured remote IP address.
If the remote side refuses to use the address or no address
has been configured locally, allow the remote host to provide the
remote IP address.
This is the default behavior.
Specify
Try to negotiate a locally configured remote IP address.
If the remote side refuses to use the address, the link will fail.
If no address has been configured locally, allow the remote host
to provide the remote IP address.
Obtain
Allow the remote host to provide the remote IP address,
overriding any locally configured address.
If the remote host cannot provide an address, negotiate a
locally configured local IP address with the remote host.
Negotiation type
Select the type of address negotiation if it is enabled for this link.
The default setting is to use RFC 1332-style negotiation.
The alternative is to use old-style RFC 1172 negotiation.
For more information on address negotiation, see
``PPP negotiation''.
VJ header compression
Control Van Jacobson
TCP/IP header compression.
The default setting is Yes.
Slot compression
Control compression of slot IDs for Van Jacobson
TCP/IP header compression. The default setting is Yes.
Number of compression slots
Sets the number of Van Jacobson header compression slots.
The value must be between 3 and 16.
The default value is 16.
For more information about IP parameters, see
ppphosts(SFF).