Load Balancing Upstream & PM2-ER (fwd)

MegaZone (megazone@livingston.com)
Mon, 4 Nov 1996 20:29:39 -0800 (PST)

Once upon a time mikel@sales.net.au shaped the electrons to say...
>Now... how do I do the above with two PM2-ERs Instead of a PM-2ER and a
>Linux box.? As there is only on W0/P1 port on each. Do I not use the W1
>port on the downstream on and instead use two of the Sx ports? Do I have
>to play with the routing tables to do this? Or again.. is this automagic?

Of course - it was a Livingston-to-Livingston thing long before Linux had it.

P0 is a UNIDIRECTIONAL parrellel port - not for use with modems.
W1 is a sync port - while you CAN load balance W1 and a serial port, the
vast difference in data rates makes it unadvisable.

If you are going to load balance, use the serial ports - you can bundle as
many as you want (well, 30, max number in a chassis) into the group.

This is standard stuff, covered in the config guide.

-MZ

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