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- From: dcarr@gandalf.ca (Dave Carr)
- Subject: Re: PPP on multiple B channels
- Message-ID: <1993Jan7.212329.7066@gandalf.ca>
- Organization: Gandalf Data Ltd.
- References: <2935351554.0.p00136@psilink.com> <5306@aria.Ascend.COM>
- Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 21:23:29 GMT
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- In <5306@aria.Ascend.COM> marc@aria.Ascend.COM (Marco S Hyman) writes:
-
- >In article <2935351554.0.p00136@psilink.com> p00136@psilink.com (Bob Larribeau) writes:
- > > >FROM: David E. Martin <dem@fnal.gov>
- > > >
- > > >You probably don't want PPP to know about the number of channels. Why
- > > >not use something like BONDING (bandwidth-on-demand internetworking
- > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
-
- >It's 'interoperability'
-
- > > >group). Then present the aggregate bandwidth to PPP?
- > >
- > > What I am asking about is a standardized approach that will assure
- > > interoperability. Using PPP over BONDING sounds like a fine approach.
- > > Is it being adopted as the standard approach by the IETF?
-
- >Expensive solution. Forgetting PPP for a second, all you want to do is
- >send a packet on B1 then send a packet on B2. I've been told that the
- >Combinet box does just this.
-
- But this will add delay. Better yet, fragment the packet and sent one
- peice over each link.
-
- Does Combinet run an error-corrected link? Do they worry about packet
- ordering?
-
- PPP has an LAPB mode, designed to handle the multi-link. I don't think
- it's standardized yet however.
-
-