configuring port bundling on routers

[banajahm]

is is possiblke to configure port bundling (bandwidth aggregation) on 2600 and 7200 series routers? if so, please provide me with the web pages that explain how thiscan be configured.

[Georg Pauwen]

Hello,

here is a configuration feature called Multichassis Multilink PPP, which allows you to bundle PPP links on different devices into one logical PPP connection. Check out this link:

Multichassis Multilink PPP (MMP)

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/partner/tech/tk713/tk507/technologies_tech_note09186a008009408f.shtml

Regards,

Georg

[banajahm]

sorry for not being thorough. i read several white papers regaring MMP and that is not the case with me. what i have is a router with multiple E1 modules and i want to aggregate them so that they become a single logical pipe (kina like configuring etherchannel on a catalyst switch). can i do that with a router?

thanks

[Georg Pauwen]

Hello,

if the E1 modules are on the same router, I would put them in a ppp multilink bundle. To configure this, put the following commands on each interface you want to have in the multilink bundle:

ppp multilink

multilink-group 1

CEF should work fine for this, as well. MLPPP will use up more processing power, but will probably share the load more closely.

Regards,

Georg

[banajahm]

actually, they are spread accross multiple chassis. your MMP idea is excellent but i am not using ppp over isdn but rather ppp over E1. can MMP still be done with out any complications?

Please advise

PS. i could not link to the page you had provided.