[nsp] ip load-sharing per-packet - cef accelerated ?

[Gert Doering]

Hi,

On Tue, Mar 11, 2003 at 12:49:24AM -0800, Dan Hollis wrote:
> On Tue, 11 Mar 2003 sthaug at nethelp.no wrote:
> > > Wonder if someone should work up a MLHDLC protocol. Something like MLPPP 
> > > without the PPP overhead.
> > Considering that Cisco HDLC has the same overhead as PPP, why do you
> > believe that MLHDLC would have less overhead than MLPPP?
> 
> Every reference I have indicates cisco HDLC is simpler than PPP and thus 
> has less overhead. cisco HDLC has no LCP for example.

Link setup negotiation is much more complex in PPP, this is true (as HDLC
has no negotiation).

Data transfer overhead and CPU load is very similar.

gert

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