Re: Serial Interface Bundling

From: Jason Madsen (madsen.jason@gmail.com)
Date: Tue Jul 15 2008 - 11:23:26 ART


great reading, thanks!

On Tue, Jul 15, 2008 at 3:09 AM, Petr Lapukhov <petr@internetworkexpert.com>
wrote:

> Jason,
> you may also check the following post
>
>
> http://blog.internetworkexpert.com/2008/01/26/ppp-multilink-interleaving-over-frame-relay/
>
> where we explain a complex PPP multilink & interleave scenario. Athough you
> usually dont bundle Frame-Relay interfaces using MLPPP (FRF.16 exists for
> that purpose) the post explains mechanics of PPP fragmentation and
> interleaving in details.
>
> --
> Petr Lapukhov, CCIE #16379 (R&S/Security/SP/Voice)
> petr@internetworkexpert.com
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> 2008/7/15 Jason Madsen <madsen.jason@gmail.com>:
>
>> amazing...more granular load balancing than per-packet or
>> per-destination
>> etc. "show ppp multilink" displays the LFI if implemented and it truly
>> does
>> load balance to just about as a specific a value as you want. seems like
>> a
>> great feature for RTP / voice packets.
>>
>> Jason
>>
>> On Mon, Jul 14, 2008 at 10:15 PM, Jason Madsen <madsen.jason@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> > ah, ok that's pretty cool. multilink is capable of fragmenting packets
>> and
>> > interleaving smaller packets into the mix.
>> >
>> > thanks,
>> > Jason
>> >
>> >
>> > On Mon, Jul 14, 2008 at 10:09 PM, Brian McGahan <
>> > bmcgahan@internetworkexpert.com> wrote:
>> >
>> >> If you bind two interfaces together via bridging (BVI) then one
>> interface
>> >> will be blocking through spanning-tree. If you multilink them together
>> with
>> >> PPP packets can be fragmented to improve utilization and decrease
>> latency
>> >> over the links. With multilink PPP (MLPPP) you can also do this
>> between
>> >> multiple physical devices with multichassis multilink PPP.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> HTH,
>> >>
>> >> Brian McGahan, CCIE #8593 (R&S/SP/Security)
>> >> bmcgahan@internetworkexpert.com
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>> >>
>> >> Jason Madsen wrote:
>> >>
>> >> I guess multilinks are limited to PPP encapsulation...didn't realize
>> that a
>> >> minute ago. BVIs are pretty much transparent it seems.
>> >>
>> >> Jason
>> >>
>> >> On Mon, Jul 14, 2008 at 9:46 PM, Jason Madsen <madsen.jason@gmail.com>
>> <madsen.jason@gmail.com>
>> >> wrote:
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> anyone have any practical experience or knowledge of the benefits of
>> >> bundling serial interfaces with a multilink vs. a BVI with irb or vice
>> >> versa? they seem to have many similar features / benefits.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
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