Multilink PPP Commands
XSR CLI Reference Guide 8-113
Example
ThefollowingexampleresetstheBAPpendingtimeoutonDialerport1:
XSR(config)#interface dialer 1
XSR(config-if<D1>)#ppp bap timeout pending 60

ppp multilink

ThiscommandenablesMultilinkPPPonanXSRinterface.MultilinkPPPoperatesoversingleor
multipleinterfacesthatareconfiguredtosupportbothDialonDemandrotarygroupsandPPP
encapsulation.Itappliestoasynchronousserialinterfaces,andISDNleasedlineBasicRate
Interfaces(BRIs),andISDNPrimaryRateInterfaces(PRIs).
Thiscommandisassociatedwiththefollowingmultilinksubcommands:
endpointsetsthemultilinkgroupEndpointDescriptoroverthemultilinkbundle.Refer
topage8114forcommanddetails.
fragment-delaysetsthemaximumfragmentdelayinterval.Refertopage8115for
commanddetails.
fragment disabledisablesfragmentationoveramultilinkPPPconnection.Refertopage
page8117forcommanddetails.
group‐configuresaPPPlinkandassignsittoaspecifiedPPPmultilinkgroup.Referto
page8118forcommanddetails.
load-thresholdsetthevaluewhichtriggersthedialertoaddordeletealinkfromthe
multilinkbundle.Seepage8119fordetails.
multi-classsetstheMultiClassMLPPPoptionfortheMLPPPheaderformat.Referto
page8120forcommanddetails.
MultilinkPPPBAPisdesignedtomanagebandwidthofamultilinkbundle.BAPworksin
conjunctionwiththemultilink load-threshold commandtoenableBandwidthonDemand
(BoD)whenbandwidthmustbeaddedorremovedontheXSR.
BAPnegotiateswiththepeertoaddordropalink,andcanrequestaphonenumberfroma
centralsiterepositoryusingthebap number default command.
Usethemultilink load-thresholdcommandtoenableadialerinterface(dialerprofile)tobring
upadditionallinksandaddthemtoamultilinkbundle.Ifyouwantamultilinkbundletobe
connectedindefinitely,youmustsetaveryhighidletimer.
Syntax
ppp multilink {bap}
Syntax of the “no” Form
ThenoformofthiscommandnotonlyremovesmultilinkontheinterfacebutalsomultilinkBAP
ifitalsowasconfigured:
no ppp multilink {bap}
Note: BAP is employed on Dialer and ISDN lines only.
bap EnablesBAP/BACPtobenegotiatedoverthemultilinkbundle.