{
{    The purpose of this procedure is to change the state of the given network
{ device.  This procedure is called by the configuration mgmt procedure that
{ processes element state changes.  If the network device is being turned ON,
{ the appropriate network elements are reserved and the network access is
{ turned ON.  If the device is turned OFF or DOWN, the reserved elements are
{ returned and the network access is marked as being DOWN.  When the state
{ change is invoked by the intranet layer mgmt task, it is assumed that the PP
{ has been idled.
{
{       NAP$CHANGE_NETWORK_DEVICE_STATE (ELEMENT, NEW_STATE, OLD_STATE, STATUS)
{
{  ELEMENT (input):  This parameters specifies the element name of the
{        network device for which the state change has been requested.
{
{  NEW_STATE (input):  This parameter specifies the new state for the
{        element.
{
{  OLD_STATE (input):  This parameter specifies the old state of the
{        element.
{
{  STATUS (output):  This parameter specifies the request status.
{
