-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 ...also look into IMA (inverse multiplex atm). regards, /vicky Gerald wrote: | I've got what seems to me like an innocuous question for this list... | | Someone is requesting access to about 3 mb of traffic up/dn. I figure 2 | T1s will give them the 3 Mb I need, but I'm looking for suggestions on | either efficiently combining those 2 to get the most bandwidth for their | buck or else I have to look at getting them a ds3 and scaling back to | what they need. | | Is there an good low end suggestion for making effective use of 2 T1s to | give 3 Mb of bandwidth? In practice, I've seen 2 T1s load balanced with | CEF not do very well at giving a full 3 Mb. (This was without turning on | per-packet CEF) | | I'm not personally experienced with MLPPP or mux hardware if that helps, | but I could get it set up if that's the consensus as the best option. | The NRC of something that would effectively couple the 2 T1s would | easily beat the MRC of a DS3 which I think might be overkill for just 3 | Mb. | | Thanks for suggestions and tips. | | Gerald | -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.5 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFBbb0TpbZvCIJx1bcRAtrbAKDxZDh+ln530q9peNDO5spDq6Qh6ACcD9/P Jf/tXerUTYMWuqwvnhCIPkw= =fhaT -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----