On Tue, 18 Jun 1996, Ian McLaughlin wrote:
> On Tue, 18 Jun 1996, Alex wrote:
>
> > David Graves wrote:
> > >
> > > Is using multiple analog modems a feasible solution for increasing bandwidth?
> > >
> > > Does the multiple modem dial-group method used in the pm2er use RFC 1717 --
> > > allowing it to connect to other multilink ppp equipment?
> > >
> > > Has anyone implemented it?
> >
> > I am dying to know if this really works and how con you do it????
>
> We're doing it here, thanks to some support I got from the mailing list.
> I am using 4 US Robotics Courier 33.6 modems at each end to supply approx
> 128kbps to the top of a ski hill. There is a tech note at Livingston
> that talks about setting up dial-on-demand connections. This is where I
> started, but I put the threshold at 0 so all lines come up at the same
> time, instead of lines going up and down as badwidth is needed. Of
> course the latentcy is still there (smae ping times for a 33.6kbps link
> as for one with 4 modems), but throughput is excellent, considering the
> costs of leased lines up here! In fact, I'm on site right now setting up
> a conference as I type this. If you need more info, email me.
>
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