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Re: (ASCEND) POTS bonding



Almost 100%...just one clarification....the MAX *never* fragments.
The MAX *does* however handle receiving fragments (an RFC requirement).

At 01:26 PM 5/7/98 -0400, Jim Howard wrote:
>
>I've only ever done this from BSD/OS 3.0 and Win95+DUN-1.2,
>but I can say that the Max _appears_ to use a "first idle"
>scenario to select the link on which to send a packet (or fragment)
>
>such that a session with two ISDN B channels + a modem
>would select whichever channel has been free the longest,
>and might transmit packets something like this very simplified layout:
>
>        #1 -> Modem 1
>        #2 -> ISDN 1
>        #3 -> ISDN 2
>        #4 -> ISDN 1 (Modem 1 still in use)
>        #5 -> Modem 1
>        #6 -> ISDN 2
>        #7 -> ISDN 1
>        #8 -> ISDN 2 (Modem 1 still in use)
>        #9 -> Modem 1
>        [repeat until done]
>
>-Jim H


Kevin 
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