Yes you can do this, I have in the past, here is a snippet of the config: interface BRI3/0 description ISDN CKT#__ ISDN backup to bandwidth 128 no ip address ip load-sharing per-packet encapsulation ppp dialer pool-member 1 isdn switch-type basic-ni isdn spid1 xxxxxxxxx1111 xxxxxxx isdn spid2 xxxxxxxxx1111 xxxxxxx no fair-queue ppp authentication chap ! interface BRI3/1 description ISDN CKT#__ ISDN backup to bandwidth 128 no ip address ip load-sharing per-packet encapsulation ppp dialer pool-member 1 isdn switch-type basic-ni isdn spid1 xxxxxxxxx1111 xxxxxxx isdn spid2 xxxxxxxxx1111 xxxxxxx no fair-queue ppp authentication chap ! interface BRI3/2 description ISDN CKT#__ ISDN backup to bandwidth 128 no ip address ip load-sharing per-packet encapsulation ppp no ip mroute-cache dialer pool-member 1 isdn switch-type basic-ni isdn spid1 xxxxxxxxxx1111 xxxxxxx isdn spid2 xxxxxxxxxx1111 xxxxxxx no fair-queue ppp authentication chap ! interface BRI3/3 no ip address shutdown isdn switch-type basic-ni ! interface Dialer1 ip address 10.100.200.1 255.255.255.0 ip load-sharing per-packet encapsulation ppp no ip mroute-cache dialer remote-name Router12 dialer pool 1 dialer idle-timeout 60 dialer string xxxxxxxx158 dialer string xxxxxxxx159 dialer string xxxxxxxx156 dialer string xxxxxxxx157 dialer string xxxxxxxx154 dialer string xxxxxxxx155 dialer load-threshold 3 either dialer max-call 6 dialer-group 1 ipx network FBEEF ppp authentication chap ppp multilink
Dave Jenny McLeod wrote: > > I haven't actually done this in production, but at various times when > testing, I have noticed that if you have multiple dialer strings on the one > dialer interface, the first string will be dialled, and then if that fails, > the second string will be dialled, and so on. > I suspect that what you want to do would work, although I doubt it would > load balance between the two numbers - I think it would normally dial the > first number, and only dial the second number if the first one failed (or is > engaged?) > > Hope that helps, > JMcL > > Andrew Larkins wrote: > > > > Hi all, > > > > I am just testing the theory here to see if this is possible. > > > > I have a remote site with 2x ISDN BRI and a central site with > > 2x ISDN BRI. > > These BRI's are backing up a dedicated 256k point to point link. > > I have dialer interfaces created on both sites with the > > physical BRI's being > > members of dialer pools. ISDN backup works great. > > > > Question: > > I need to add a second BRI to this group. I assign the > > interface to the > > dialer pool. Each of these BRI's on the central site have > > different ISDN > > telephone numbers. > > > > In order to get ALL these channels (4x 64k) dialed up in the > > event of a > > failure, can I add another dialer string to the remote site > > dialer > > interface?? If so will it load balance ???. > > The other alternative I have is that the Telco can assign both > > numbers to a > > hunt group, but I do not really want to have this right now. > > > > I have left out the ppp multilink and dialer load threshold > > commands on > > purpose. > > > > Current confis below. > > > > Central site: > > interface BRI3/0 > > no ip address > > dialer pool-member 1 > > isdn switch-type basic-net3 > > ! > > interface BRI3/1 > > no ip address > > dialer pool-member 1 > > isdn switch-type basic-net3 > > ! > > interface Dialer1 > > description ISDN Backup > > bandwidth 56 > > ip address 1.1.1.1 255.255.255.252 > > ip nat inside > > encapsulation ppp > > dialer pool 1 > > dialer remote-name xxxxxx > > dialer-group 1 > > ppp authentication chap > > end > > > > > > Remote site: > > interface BRI0/0 > > no ip address > > dialer pool-member 1 > > isdn switch-type basic-net3 > > > > New isdn still to be added but the concept remains the same as > > above > > > > interface Dialer1 > > description ISDN Backup > > bandwidth 56 > > ip address 1.1.1.2 255.255.255.252 > > encapsulation ppp > > dialer pool 1 > > dialer remote-name yyyyy > > dialer string 2222222 (not the real one) > > dialer string 3333333 (is this correct???) > > dialer-group 1 > > ppp authentication chap > > > > Thanks in advance > > > > Andrew -- David Madland CCIE# 2016 Sr. Network Engineer Qwest Communications 612-664-3367 "You don't make the poor richer by making the rich poorer." --Winston Churchill Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=52985&t=52985 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
