[c-nsp] Bonded DSL solution

[Rick Kunkel]

Hmm... Maybe OT at this point.... but on a related note....

Does anyone know of a device that has multiple integrated DSL modems?

Thanks,

Rick


On Fri, 20 Apr 2007, Rick Kunkel wrote:

> Hello all,
> 
> We're looking into offering "bonded" DSL lines to customer who want more 
> speed, but for whom something like a DS-3 is out of the question.  I'm 
> currently trying to figure out if Cisco has a solution for something like 
> this.
> 
> One thing I've considered, which isn't really true "bonding" is to have
> the customer have X DSL modems plugged into X ethernet ports on a router.  
> I'll assign a different /30 address to each of their X ethernet ports,
> assign them a larger internal netblock, and then just create X static
> routes to that netblock.  AFAIK, the traffic would round-robin between the
> different X circuits.  And the customer would create X 0.0.0.0/0 routes 
> pointing back to me.  Sounds do-able.  I think... right?
> 
> The above seems a little low-tech though...  Are there better ways to do 
> it?  Multi-link PPP?  Some kind Cisco proprietary bonding protocol?  The 
> DSL lines all terminate in a Verizon ATM DS-3 plugged into a 7206VXR 
> NPE-G1.
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Rick Kunkel
> 
> 
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