[c-nsp] Bonding ADSL

[Jason Lixfeld]

I think MLPPP is a much better option than BGP (or any routing  
protocol, for that matter) in this environment as bonding is what  
MLPPP was designed for.  Perhaps working with the folks here to get  
your MLPPP configuration working could be an idea.

On 19-Oct-06, at 2:02 PM, Paul Stewart wrote:

> This is an age old topic but I'm looking at bonding a pair of  
> ADSL's ...
>
> Setup is basically Cisco 1811 router (using dialer interfaces) across
> two DSL links to same provider (we're the ISP) using two separate
> usernames with two separate static IP addresses.  I'd like to  
> accomplish
> bonding or at least load balancing / redundancy if possible.
>
> Suggestion has been to use BGP which I'm thinkig is a good solution.
>
> The DSL router on our side is a 7206VXR - originally I was going use
> MLPPP but couldn't find a config that made it work properly... so  
> BGP is
> next best option...
>
> The 7206VXR does not run BGP today but I could set that up using  
> iBGP if
> neccessary.  What I'm thinking of is running multi-hop to our core GSR
> box...
>
> Questions that come to mind are:
>
> Private AS or just run our own AS to the 1811?
> Can I only send partial table (our own network) to the 1811?
>
> I'm just trying to get my head around the best setup to use in this
> scenario as it's not a common setup for us....
>
> Thanks,
>
> Paul
>
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