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Chapter 35. Con®guring and Monitoring Multilink PPP Protocol (MP)

This chapter describes how to con®gure speci®c Multilink PPP interfaces in a
device. The chapter includes:
v ªAccessing the MP Con®guration Promptº
v ªMP Con®guration Commands for Multilink PPP Interfacesº
v ªMonitoring MP Interface Statusº on page 519
v ªAccessing the MP Monitoring Commandsº on page 519
v ªMultilink PPP Protocol Monitoring Commandsº on page 519
Accessing the MP Con®guration Prompt
To access the MP config> prompt:
1. Enter talk 6 at the * prompt.
2. Enter net n, where n is the number of the dial circuit or MP interface that you
	enabled to use MP.
	Note: You are now con®guring the Multilink PPP interface and not the PPP dial
	circuit that is part of the MP bundle.
MP Con®guration Commands for Multilink PPP Interfaces
Table 64 lists the commands available at the MP config> prompt.
	Table 64. MP Con®guration Commands
	Command	Function
	? (Help)	Displays all the commands available for this command level or lists the
		options for speci®c commands (if available). See ªGetting Helpº on page
		10.
	Disable	Disables the negotiation of bandwidth on demand.
	Enable	Enables the negotiation of bandwidth on demand.
	Encapsulator	Places you in the PPP config> prompt so you can change the data-link
		protocol con®guration.
	List	Displays the MP interface con®guration parameters.
	Set	Con®gures MP interface for inbound or outbound traffic. Also allows you to
		set the idle timeout and other MP and BAP parameters.
	Exit	Returns you to the previous command level. See ªExiting a Lower Level
		Environmentº on page 11.
Disable
Use the disable command to disable the negotiation of bandwidth-on-demand
(BOD). Disabling BOD prevents the link from allocating additional bandwidth when
necessary.
Syntax:
disable		bod

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