PPP NCP IPXCP protocol

DATE: August 20, 1999

SUMMARY:

The following are details of IPX packets in IPXCP negotiation during the PPP negotiation process. More information on this subject can be found in RFC 1552.
IPXCP Packet Formats:

Configure-Request
| 01 | ID | Length | Configuration Options 

Configure-Ack
| 02 | ID | Length | Configuration Options 

Configure-Nak
| 03 | ID | Length | Configuration Options 

Configure-Reject
| 04 | ID | Length | Configuration Options 

Terminate-Request
| 05 | ID | Length | Data 

Terminate-Ack
| 05 | ID | Length | Data 

Code-Reject
| 06 | ID | Length | Data


IPXCP Configuration Options

IPX-Network-Number
| 01 | 06 | IPX-Network-Number |

IPX-Node-Number
| 02 | 08 | IPX-Node-Number |

IPX-Compression-Protocol
| 03|Length |IPX-Compression Protocol(2 bytes) | Data ....
                00 02   Telebit Compressed IPX
                02 35   Shiva Compressed NCP/IPX

IPX-Routing Protocol
| 04 | Length|IPX-Routing-Protocol(2 bytes) | Data ...

  0 = No routing protocols
  1 = RESERVED
  2 = Novell RIP/SAP required
  3 = Novell NLSP required

IPX-Router-Name
| 05 | Length | Name ...

IPX-Configuration-Complete
| 06 | 02 |