Disabling the Negotiation of the Local Magic Number

You can optionally disable negotiation of the local magic number. By doing so, you can prevent the router from detecting loopback configurations. You can disable negotiation from the Interface Configuration Mode, the Subinterface Configuration mode, and the Profile Configuration mode.

To disable the negotiation of the local magic number:

• (Optional) From the Interface Configuration mode, specify the following command:
  host1(config-if)#ppp magic-number disable

  Use the no version to restore negotiation of the local magic number.

Related Documentation

• ppp magic-number disable