[nsp] MLPPP & Cisco

[Charles Sprickman]

On Mon, 21 Apr 2003, Voll, Scott wrote:

> I was going to implement MLPPP but was advice not to in my particular
> case.  I do a lot of Video conferencing so it would cause out of order
> packets.

I believe that's incorrect, MLPPP should *ensure* that packets are not out
of order.  Other techniques do not.

Charles

> So if you have applications that are sensetive to out of order
> packets I would not use it.  Also, MLPPP adds some good old fashion over
> head.  Might be reason enough to not use MLPPP.
>
> Other things to look at are how is the data coming from that site.  Is
> it all coming from one IP address (like a Proxy)?
>
> Scott Voll
> Network Analyst, CCNA
> Willamette ESD
> scott.voll at wesd.org
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
>
> Is anybody out there running MLPPP to bond multiple T1's on Cisco
> routers? And if so, how many T1's, what platform and how is it running?
> I just had a request from someone that wants to connect 2 buildings via
> 2 T1's initially, but they want to be able to go up to 6-7 T1's
> eventually and they want to load balance over all of the T1's.  I seem
> to remember that Cisco's have a max of 6 simultaneous path's (or is it
> 4?), but with MLPPP, there really is no limit.  I also wouldn't object
> to performance guideline's if anybody has any.  Thanks.
>
> Peder
>
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