Re: Multilink Protocol

Josh Hillman ( (no email) )
Wed, 11 Mar 1998 16:30:35 -0500

> From: Mitch Wagers <mwagers@ocsnet.net>
>
> PPTP does this all the time...I too, have done it myself without PPTP
> connections (straight PPP)...where did you get the information you
couldn't
> do it for regular PPP sessions?
>
> At 06:23 PM 3/11/98 -0000, you wrote:
> >Josh, you are incorrect about not being able to add channels back
> >to a multilink session in NT. I know it can be done because I do it at
> >least 4 times a day. The system I use here is 2 33.6k analog modems.
> >I drop the second line (or the first) whenever I need a line for
> >something else then let the line redial to re-establish the link
> >as a bonded (2 line) channel again.

I have no way of testing it anymore because I only have one modem now, but
I remember Windows 95 being able to do something that NT couldn't. It's
possible that maybe it was a scenario like:
2 modems are connected using MP
The primary modem is disconnected (line noise or something) and only
the second channel is connected.
In WinNT the first channel cannot be redialed until the second one
disconnects.
In Win95, either channel can be disconnected and brought back up
without completely disconnecting/reconnecting.

Again, it's been a while since I've used MP on my home computer (NT4/95),
so I can't remember any specifics. I just remember that 95 could do
something with MP that NT couldn't. When we upgrade our Maxes to 6.0.0,
maybe I'll fiddle with MP again and try and figure out what it was that NT
lacked (aside from the ability to end a PPP session properly:
Ascend-Disconnect-Cause = 11 ("loss of carrier") instead of the normal 45)

Josh Hillman
hillman@talstar.com