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Re: (ASCEND) Multilink PPP over modems



If this was added in i10, then why is it not in the release notes?


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Andrew Cutler wrote:

> Phillip Vandry wrote:
>
> > Simple question: Why can't the Max do multilink PPP or its extensions
> > (MPP, BACP) over modems?
> >
> > The standard has no requirement that the lines over which multilink PPP is
> > done be synchronous, or indeed even the same speed. It also does not
> > seem to me that it would be any harder to implement it over modems than
> > ISDN...
> >
> > We wanted to do Multilink PPP over modems to a customer who is in a rural
> > area where ISDN is not yet available. They are stuck at no faster than
> > 33.6.
> >
>
>   Hi Phillip,
>
> You  can, I tested it on 5.0ai10. I downloaded the Microsoft PPTP files which
> contains the Dial Up Networking 1.2 upgrade. This adds among other things a
> "multilink" section to the dun properties where you can specify "additional
> devices" to bring up.
> I was using a Toshiba notebook with two pcmcia modems and it worked very well.
> Friends also tested it for me with Linux. Unfortunately since it is an "i"
> release there is no way it is going near our production network. Roll on the
> next major release.
>
> Cheers
>
> Andrew
>
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