> On Mon, 3 Jun 1996, E. Todd Taylor wrote:
>
> > > >Also, does the 5BRI card support AdTran's "Bonding Mode 1" protocol for
> > > >fixed bandwidth 2B conversations?
> > >
> > > No - that protocol is old and outdated. We have no plans of supporting it.
> > > It was used mainly for videoconferencing and the like - data communication
> > > should use PPP or V.120. AdTran said they will get around to doing MLPPP.
> >
> > As of a couple of months ago, they had tried their first pass at MP. It
> > almost worked - the first channel started doing MP (a good thing), but the
> > second channel was still doing PPP (not MP, so a bad thing)..I would expect
> > that they have it figured out by now though.
>
> I have a customer who is now (finally!) running with an AdTran using their
> MPP code, and it finally works! He was up for 5 days straight yesterday on
> both channels. He was very upset that Livingston considers BONDING MODE 1
> to be old and outdated and won't support it, but is happy now that Adtran
> finally supports MPP.
I don't think that the issue is that it's 'outdated', rather it's because
it's not practical for use in a dial-in to a central site ISP thing, 'cause
you never know which B channels on which BRI you're gonna hit. Bonding
would require extra overhead to manage the BRI's to ensure that the D
channels link up correctly to achieve that bonding of the B's. Anyway,
good stuff and thanks for the update, 'cause closing the loop really
helps us all out.
Cheers...Todd
-- E. Todd Taylor Livingston Enterprises Inc. Phone: (800) 458-9966 Support Engineer 6920-220 Koll Centre Pkwy. Fax: (510) 426-8951 todd@livingston.com Pleasanton, CA 94566 http://www.livingston.com