Re: (PM) PM2 and Multilink PPP

Jake Messinger (jake@ams.com)
Tue, 9 Feb 1999 19:21:32 -0600 (CST)

On Tue, 9 Feb 1999, Andrew Barton wrote:

> I run a small ISP with a couple of PM2's and have a customer who wants to
> run Multilink PPP. Two modems in a win 98/nt box and providing the bandwidth

You can stop there. Unless it is an isdn connection, you wont be able to
do multilink.

> I have been told that this is not possible with the PM2's. Is this a ComOS
> restriction or......

Yes, the pm 2 is not really powerful enough to do multilink ppp or or Im
told.

Here are some suggestions:
1. Use a program that can bond multiple single ppp connections. I cant
remember the name, but its one of the proxy piece of software like
Trumpet's Firesock. Started with an M I believe.

2. Use something on the client side that can do proprietary eql. This is
Livingston's version of mppp. It works on a round-robin principle. Youd
need either a Linux box, or a pm or pm 25 on the client premesis.

3. Upgrade to a pm 3. You dont have to fully populate it.

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