Overview - Bay Networks Remote Annex Administrator's Manual

Overview

Member Links and
Bundle Links
Multilink PPP Addendum to the Remote Annex
T
his addendum is designed as a supplementary document to be
used in conjunction with the Remote Annex Administrator's Guide for
UNIX, the Remote Annex 6300 Supplement to the Remote Annex
Administrator's Guide for UNIX, and the Annex Manager User Guide.
This addendum covers the following topics:
Overview
Supported and Unsupported MP Features
MP Function and Process Information
MP Configuration
The acp_userinfo File
Administration of Multilink PPP
SNMP Proprietary MIB Objects
MP Parameters for Annex
PPP Parameters
Multilink PPP (MP) is a protocol standard that provides a method to
adjust the bandwidth of a connection between two network devices
to accommodate dynamically changing network loads. This
implementation of MP is based on the RFC1990 technical
specification.
To support this protocol, the RA 6300 PPP protocol stack has been
extended to allow one or more PPP links to form a single virtual PPP
interface for the network layer protocols, such as IP, IPX and
AppleTalk over PPP. In this document, the virtual PPP interface is
referred to as the bundle and the PPP links are referred to as member
links.
Administrator's Guide for UNIX
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