Link Control Protocol: Difference between revisions

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The LCP [[Communications protocol|protocol]]:

* checks the identity of the linked device and either accepts or rejects the [[peer-to-peer| peer]] device

* determines the acceptable packet size for transmission

* searches for errors in configuration

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* Code: Operation requested: configure link, terminate link, ... and acknowledge and deny codes.

* Data: Parameters for the operation

LCP was created to overcome the noisy and unreliable physical lines of the time (e.g. phone lines on dial up modems), in a way which didn't lock the PPP protocol into specific proprietary vendor protocols and physical transmission media.

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