From: Brian McGahan (bmcgahan@internetworkexpert.com)
Date: Wed Nov 10 2004 - 13:21:26 GMT-3
Geert,
Did you try just removing the "dialer load-threshold" command
from the side that you don't want to initiate the multilink bundle?
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com] On Behalf
Of
> Geert Nijs
> Sent: Wednesday, November 10, 2004 2:44 AM
> To: ccielab@groupstudy.com
> Subject: ppp multilink: prevent one side from adding/removing links
>
> Hi group,
>
>
>
> In a dial scenario, I have one central site router R1 with a PRI and
> several remote sites (R2,R3,R4) with (one or more) BRIs.
>
> All routers are running multilink ppp. The problem I am having know is
> that when the connection to ex. R2 is fully loaded, R1 constantly
dials
> R2 to add links.
>
> I want to prevent R1 from adding or removing ANY links in the
multilinks
> bundle. ALL adding and removing of links should be done by the remote
> sites (R2,..)
>
>
>
> I can't use 'ppp multilink max-links' because some sites have one bri,
> other sites have more BRIs. Bandwidth differs from site to site and
you
> can't put a
>
> 'ppp multilink max-links' on a 'dialer map' statement (I am using
legacy
> DDR with rotary groups, so I only have one multipoint dialer interface
> on R1)
>
>
>
> Indeed, one option would be to use dialer profiles. This would require
> not using one multipoint-interface, but all point-to-point interfaces
> for each site. However,
> I would be able to specify 'ppp multilink max-links' on each
> separate dialer interface.....and a lot of work, plus ip address
> changes.
>
>
>
> I can't remove the phone numbers on the dialer map statements on R1,
so
> that R1 can't dial. Both routers should be able
> to initiate a connection, but one R2 should decide to add or drop a
> line.
>
>
>
> Dialer load-threshold 255 .........will add links when load reaches
> 100%, so no good
>
>
>
> Any other ideas ?
>
>
>
> Regards,
>
>
>
> Geert
>
>
>
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