Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP)
- PPP is a byte-oriented protocol
- Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP)
- “commonly used to carry Internet Protocol packets over various sorts of point-to-point links” (Peterson, 2020)
- “a data link layer (layer 2) communication protocol between two routers directly without any host or any other networking in between” (Wikipedia)
| 1 byte | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 byte | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flag (0x7E) | Address (0xFF) | Control (0x03) | Protocol | Information (payload) | FCS (Frame Check Sequence) | Flag (0x7E) |
| Header | Data | Footer | ||||
- Link Control Protocol (LCP)
- “A PPP protocol responsible for establishing, maintaining, configuring, and terminating links” (Forouzan, 2012)
References
- Peterson, Larry L. (2020). Computer Networks. Elsevier Science & Technology.
- Forouzan, B. A. (2012). Data Communications and networking. McGraw-Hill Education.