Hi Steven,

Steven wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> In function ppp_receive, we first check the protocol type of this
> frame 
> like:
> 
>   guint16 protocol = ppp_proto(buf);
> 
> and here we assumed the length of the protocol field is 16 bits, but
> in 
> RFC 1661, the protocol field should be one or two octets.
> 
> "The Protocol field is one or two octets, and its value identifies
> the datagram encapsulated in the Information field of the packet."
> 
> why we given the assumption that protocol field is 16 bit length?

First I am not ppp expert. :-).

If you take look at pppd source code, main.c, get_input() also always fetch two 
bytes 'protocol' for struct protent as well.

Can you give a case we failed in our ppp stack?

Thanks.
Zhenhua

> In CDMA 2000 environment, just as the Sprint Network, PPP should
>   support a compressed protocol field. Is there anything difference
> between GSM 
> and CDMA?
> 
> B.R
> 
> Steven
> 
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Regards,
Zhenhua
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