BVCP, PPP Banyan Vines Control Protocol
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Description:

Protocol suite: PPP.
Protocol type:PPP network control protocol.
PPP protocol:0x8035.
SNMP MIBs:
Working groups: pppext, Point-to-Point Protocol Extensions.
Links: PPP Assigned numbers.

The BVCP protocol is used for establishing and configuring the Banyan VINES protocol over PPP.

RFC 1763, page 3:

BVCP is responsible for configuring, enabling, and disabling the VINES protocol modules on both ends of the point-to-point link. BVCP uses the same packet exchange mechanism as the Link Control Protocol. BVCP packets may not be exchanged until PPP has reached the Network-Layer Protocol phase. BVCP packets received before this phase is reached should be silently discarded.

PPP header BVCP header Data :::

BVCP header:

0001020304050607 0809101112131415 1617181920212223 2425262728293031
Code Identifier Length
Data :::

Code. 8 bits.
Specifies the function to be performed.

CodeDescriptionReferences
0Vendor Specific. RFC 2153
1Configure-Request. 
2Configure-Ack. 
3Configure-Nak. 
4Configure-Reject. 
5Terminate-Request. 
6Terminate-Ack. 
7Code-Reject. 

Identifier. 8 bits.
Used to match requests and replies.

Length. 16 bits.
Size of the packet including the header.

Data. Variable length.
Zero or more bytes of data as indicated by the Length field. This field may contain one or more Options.

BVCP Configuration Options:

0001020304050607 0809101112131415
Option Length
Data :::

Option. 8 bits.

OptionLengthDescription
12BV-NS-RTP-Link-Type.
22BV-FRP.
32BV-RTP.
42BV-Suppress-Broadcast.

Length. 8 bits.

Data. Variable length.

Glossary:

RFCs:

[RFC 1763] The PPP Banyan Vines Control Protocol (BVCP).

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