[AusNOG] I was wondering about ADSL PPPOE\A connection\lines aggregation options.

[Ben Cooper]

PFsense also supports MLPPP as does microtik.



Cheers

Ben

On Fri, Sep 12, 2014 at 11:12 AM, Guy Ellis <guy at traverse.com.au> wrote:

> Hi Eliezer,
>
> OpenWRT supports ML-PPP with a patch.
> Works OK over ADSL providing the buffer size is set correct, and the RTT
> on each link is sensible.
>
> Regards,
>  - Guy.
>
>
>
>
> On 12/09/2014 10:15 AM, Joseph Goldman wrote:
>
>> Apart from EoC / EFM services where multiple copper pairs are bonded, I'd
>> say your only option is MLPPP.
>>
>> Having said that, MLPPP from my experience absolutely sucks over ADSL.
>> Getting the settings right to begin with sucked, but because of possible
>> inconsistencies between the 2 lines packets can arrive out of order and
>> ultimately slow you down further waiting for it all to re-organise the
>> stream (in a basic sense).
>>
>> Your best bet in my opinion would be to have multiple connections with
>> PCC etc on your Mikrotik to share the load, perhaps choose certain services
>> to prefer one over the other (such as if you use torrents, dedicate it to 1
>> line while browsing and mail is on the other). Lots of possibilities you
>> could do with the RouterOS software.
>>
>> On 12/09/14 10:10, Eliezer Croitoru wrote:
>>
>>> I am asking here because there is a slight chance that here the more
>>> technical people knows the answer.
>>>
>>> I was wondering about the options to aggregate DSL or PPPOE\A
>>> connections since my location is about 5-6 KM from the local ADSL junction.
>>> I cannot place a fiber optic cable but I can use two or more ADSL lines.
>>> I know that there are probably technological options to aggregate the
>>> DSL lines from 2-3 to one logical connection.
>>>
>>> If anyone have used this kind of solution or used multiple PPPOE\A
>>> connections to allow more bandwidth I am wondering about the options.
>>>
>>> Another option is to connect using two different PPPOE\A connections to
>>> multiple ISPs and load balance between the IP connections.
>>> Anyone knows about solutions for that?
>>>
>>> I can use a mikrotik device which will load balance in a round robin
>>> like way but I was wondering if there are other options to LB.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Eliezer
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