ppp multilink is a way of packet load balancing (which is what I believe he
meant). Both sides must be configured for ppp multilink and it handles the
packet splitting and reassembly. Otherwise, you're just sending whole
packets through two or more paths of the same weight and the router doesn't
care about sequencing, only the sending and receiving nodes.
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"Priscilla Oppenheimer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> If it's a TCP-based session and per-packet load balancing gets the packets
> out of order, then TCP would put them back in order based on the TCP
> sequence numbers. This would happen at the end node, not at the router. If
> it were a UDP-based session, then an upper layer at the end node would
have
> to do it.
>
> Priscilla
>
> At 04:13 PM 10/13/00, Phil Barker wrote:
> >Hi groupies,
> > Can anyone enlighten me on the process by which
> >per-packet load-balancing re-assembles the packets at
> >the remote router. Which sequence number is used e.g
> >is it the TCP sequence number.
> >
> >Regards,
> >
> >Phil.
>
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