About PPPSmartAgent

You can use PPPSmartAgent to monitor PortMaster Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP) negotiations in real time to determine when a problem exists with PPP negotiations. When a problem is detected, PPPSmartAgent provides you with a detailed message about the problem and suggests possible solutions. You can also use PPPSmartAgent to translate PPP debug hexadecimal output messages from a PortMaster. PPPSmartAgent can be used with any PortMaster product running ComOS 3.8 or later.

The PPPSmartAgent panel consists of the following parts:

Field

Description

Source list

Contains a list of PortMasters to which you are connected. Details

Message list

Displays PPP messages as received in real time or as read from a telnet log file. You can determine the type of PPP messages you want to display. Details

Message box

Displays the complete text of a selected message.

Details box

Explains the selected message by decoding the hexadecimal PPP Debug output, and provides a possible solution.