Question

The link necessarily begins and ends with this phase. During the ______ phase, the LCP automata will be in INITIAL or STARTING states.

(a) Link-termination phase

(b) Link establishment phase

(c) Authentication phase

(d) Link dead phase

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The origin of the question is PPP in section Point to Point Protocol & Error Detection of Computer Network

Answer 1

Right answer is (d) Link dead phase

The explanation: The link necessarily begins and ends with the link dead phase. During this phase, the LCP automata will be in the initial or its final state. The link is non-functioning or inactive during the link dead phase.