Con®guring MP

Min frag size

This is the minimum size of the fragments (in bytes) the software creates when a packet exceeds Max fragment size.

Valid Values: 100 to 3 000

Default Value: 375

Max number of active links

Speci®es the con®gured maximum number of links in the MP virtual link (also known as bundle).

Valid Values: 1 to 64

Default Value: 2

Monitoring MP Interface Status

To determine the status of all the MP interfaces in your device, use the con®guration command in talk 5 (see ªCon®gurationº on page 130).

Accessing the MP Monitoring Commands

 

To access the MP monitoring commands:

 

1.

Enter talk 5 at the * prompt.

2.

Enter net n, where n is the number of the MP interface that was created in talk

 

6 using add device multilink-ppp command.

Multilink PPP Protocol Monitoring Commands

Table 65 shows the monitoring commands available for an MP interface.

Table 65. MP Monitoring 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.

 

 

 

 

List

Displays BAP, BACP, BOD, and MP statistics, errors, and other information.

 

 

 

 

Exit

Returns you to the previous command level. See ªExiting a Lower Level

 

 

Environmentº on page 11.

 

 

 

 

List

Use the list command to display information about the MP interface including bandwidth allocation statistics.

Syntax:

 

list

bacp

 

bap

 

control bacp

control bod

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