lcp-echo

This command configures the interface echo parameters. The echo is needed to keep the fw state alive, otherwise it is deleted after two minutes idle time and the connection will be blocked. This configuration will make ppp discover broken link in (interval x fails) seconds.

Syntax

lcp-echo <interval> <fails>

Command

Description

interval

Defines the interval in seconds (default value is 6 seconds).

fails

Defines the number of failed intervals to discover broken link (default value is 5 intervals).

Default

NA

Command Mode

Privileged User

Examples:

This example sets the echo interval and fails parameters to 10 and 5 respectively on L2TP 6:

(conf-if-L2TP 6)# lcp-echo 10 5