Re: MultiLink with Async

Tom Samplonius (tom@sdf.com)
Sun, 22 Dec 1996 08:58:31 -0800 (PST)

On Sun, 22 Dec 1996, Robert Blayzor wrote:

> > This is not yet possible with Livingston equipment. Livingston
> > has there own proprietary version which works with EQL on linux.
> >
>
> Wait a minute. I am completely baffled by this. Do the PM2's support
> multilink for ISDN or not? From what I have read they do. If this is the
> care, PPP is PPP, it doesn't matter which interface it's run over, Async or
> otherwise. If it works with ISDN, whats the problem with Async?

MLPPP is only supported on ISDN links.

On async links, a generic form of load balancing is possible. It is NOT
propietary to Livingston. Telebit supports the same thing.

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Tom