Hi,
You're correct. The linux machine should not REQ the compression
schemes that were REJected.
> (This is a PPP related question.)
>
> It seems the RedHat Linux 7.2 PPP client does not work with the FreeBSD =
> 4.5 PPP server in the CCP (Compression Control Protocol) negotiation. =
> Briefly, the problem looks like the following:
>
> Linux ---> CCP conf request (with 3 compression schemes, A, B and C) --> =
> PPP server
> Linux <-- CCP conf reject (schemes, B and C) <-- PPP server
> (That is, the PPP server picked the compression scheme A, and rejected =
> the rest.)
>
> Linux ---> CCP conf request (with 3 compression schemes, A, B and C) --> =
> PPP server
> Linux <-- CCP conf reject (schemes, B and C) <-- PPP server
> (repeat may times without progress.)
>
> It seems the Linux client did not follow the PPP protocol and ignored =
> the CCP reject messages.
> The correct message exchange should look like the following:
>
> Linux ---> CCP conf request (with 3 compression schemes, A, B and C) --> =
> PPP server
> Linux <-- CCP conf reject (schemes, B and C) <-- PPP server
> ---> CCP conf request (scheme A) --> PPP server
> <--- CCP conf ACK (scheme A) <-- PPP server
>
> Comments?
>
> P.S. I am using PPPoE for the testing.
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