Re: OpenBSD with multiple T1 lines?

[Sean Hafeez <sahafeez@zaphodb.org>]

Well, you might want to see if you upstream will do MLPPP.

Just a thought!


Regards,
Sean Hafeez


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On Jan 31, 2005, at 3:56 PM, Adam Morley wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I've been using OpenBSD for a while now, and pf is just spiffy beyond 
> my
> expectations.
>
> But I still have these border gateways called "Cisco."  Soon, our
> "cisco" will have multiple T1 lines which are used simultaneously
> through cisco express forwarding or some other technology.  Obviously,
> it's hard to get the sales folks to tell me what exactly is used on the
> remote side.  I'm told (and not surprised) that 2xT1 is still cheaper
> than 1/15th of a DS3.
>
> I was rather excited that OpenBSD now supports two different T1 cards,
> and an HSSI card, and T3s, and so forth.  But can OpenBSD be configured
> with a cisco peer to "bond" two T1s into a double-wide pipe?
>
> The cisco peer thing is key --- we use UUnet (aka MCI/worldcom), and
> they terminate our T1s on cisco devices.  I wish fiber to the curb was
> truly happening so I could just purchase 3/10ths of a fiber 10baseT
> port.  Oh well.
>
> Thanks!
>
> -- 
> adam