[nsp] MLPPP on 2500

[Robert E. Seastrom]

"Church, Chuck" <cchurch at wamnetgov.com> writes:

> 	Does anyone know if MLPPP on a 2500 can be fast switched?  I
> don't think CEF per-packet (or CEF in general) is available to the
> 2500s, so I'm hoping MLPPP would work.  There would be 2 full T1s in the
> bundle (sync interfaces, external DSUs).  If it's all process switched,
> I'm thinking the CPU is going to be a huge bottleneck.

rockwell-delta#conf t
Enter configuration commands, one per line.  End with CNTL/Z.
rockwell-delta(config)#ip cef
rockwell-delta(config)#int ser 0
rockwell-delta(config-if)#ip load-sharing per-packet
rockwell-delta(config-if)#int ser 1
rockwell-delta(config-if)#ip load-sharing per-packet
rockwell-delta(config-if)#^Z
rockwell-delta#sho hard | inc 2500
IOS (tm) 2500 Software (C2500-IS-L), Version 12.2(15)T5,  RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc1)
System image file is "flash:c2500-is-l.122-15.T5.bin"
cisco 2500 (68030) processor (revision N) with 14336K/2048K bytes of memory.
rockwell-delta#sho ip cef
Prefix              Next Hop             Interface
0.0.0.0/0           drop                 Null0 (default route handler entry)
0.0.0.0/32          receive
224.0.0.0/4         drop
224.0.0.0/24        receive
255.255.255.255/32  receive
rockwell-delta#

(rockwell-delta has nothing hooked to it but the console, but would pick up
default via ospf were an ethernet or serial line connected)

Hope this helps,

                                        ---Rob