Bundling Scenarios; Closing Member Links - Bay Networks Remote Annex Administrator's Manual

Multilink PPP Addendum to the Remote Annex Administrator's Guide for UNIX
Terminate-Request
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Bundling Scenarios

The following four scenarios are used as guidelines for bundling
member links.
If there is...
no authentication and no
discriminator,
a discriminator but no
authentication,
no discriminator but
authentication is successful,
a discriminator and
authentication is successful,

Closing Member Links

Member links may be terminated according to normal PPP LCP
procedures using LCP Terminate-Request and Terminate-Ack
packets on the member link. Receipt of a Terminate-Ack is a sufficient
indicator that any MP packets ahead of it are at no special risk of loss.
Then...
all new links must be joined to one
bundle.
if the discriminator matches, the new
member link must join a matching
bundle.
if the discriminator does not match, a
new bundle must be established.
the authenticated match must join a
matching bundle.
the authenticated mismatch must
establish a new bundle.
if the discriminator and authentication
match, the new member link must join a
matching bundle.
if the discriminator and/or
authentication is mismatched, a new
bundle must be established.