Date: Mon, 6 Dec 1999 23:24:26 -0800 (PST) From: Brian Skrab <bgs@geeks.valleyip.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Multi-link PPP w/ 2 ISDN TAs ??? Message-ID: <199912070724.XAA70426@geeks.valleyip.net>
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Hello, I have just received an interesting question from one of my clients regarding the feasibility of "bonding" two ISDN BRI lines to create a 265k channel. At first thought, the idea sounds rather silly, but it turns out that they are located in a somewhat remote part of town as far as the telephone company is concerned. So, the only telecommunications circuits they can use beyond POTS lines are ISDN and T1. Since a T1 line is quite out of their budget, they are looking to try putting two ISDN lines together to expand their bandwidth. So, I began to think... I've setup a FreeBSD box with an external ISDN TA and configured PPP to talk to it just like an external analog modem. I've seen a FreeBSD box configured to use 2+ analog modems to add bandwidth to create a slightly larger "channel" for Internet traffic. So, why couldn't one simply hang two ISDN terminal adapters off of a pair of serial ports and configure PPP multi-link the two lines to create a 256k Internet connection? Does my reasoning sound right? Has anyone tried this (with any success)? Any suggestions, opinions, and/or recommendations will be very much appreciated. Thank you, ~brian skrab bgs@geeks.valleyip.net To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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