[nsp] limits to CEF per-packet load sharing?

[Edward Henigin]

On Thu, Feb 13, 2003 at 11:26:51PM -0500, Brian Wallingford said:
> On Thu, 13 Feb 2003, Edward Henigin wrote:
> 
> :Has anyone run into any limits over the number of interfaces that
> :CEF per-packet load sharing will work?
> 
> This depends largely on your other loads, but:
> 
> :I've got a customer who wants 10 T1's (please, just don't ask :)
> :and we're pondering using MLPPP or CEF per-packet load sharing.
> :What's the most # of interfaces you've ever run CEF per-packet
> :load sharing, and seen it work well?
> 
> How is this more cost-effective than simply doing rate-limited ds3?

Well, it's not :)  I'll not get into it here, but suffice to say
that there are external factors preventing the use of a T3.

"When stuck with lemons..."

Thanks,

Ed