I generally just use the dialer string command and it always works fine for me.
I don't see any threshold configured. Don't use 1 or 2, try 3. Dave Doug S wrote: > > I haven't seen that any other's posters have had this problem, which makes > me think I may be missing something really basic in the configuration. Any > help is greatly appreciated > > I have MPPP configured on two routers' BRI interfaces with the load > threshold set at one, so the second b channel should come up immediately. > Two dialer maps are configured, each pointing to the same ip, using the > different dial strings of the other router's two b channels: > > host Capetown > interface BRI0 > ip address 192.168.16.3 255.255.255.0 > no ip directed-broadcast > encapsulation ppp > dialer idle-timeout 60 > dialer map ip 192.168.16.1 name SanJose1 broadcast 384010 > dialer map ip 192.168.16.1 name SanJose1 broadcast 384710 > dialer load-threshold 1 either > dialer-group 1 > isdn switch-type basic-5ess > isdn spid1 3847400001 384030 > isdn spid2 3847400002 384750 > ppp authentication chap > ppp multilink > > host SanJose1 > interface BRI0 > ip address 192.168.16.1 255.255.255.0 > no ip directed-broadcast > encapsulation ppp > dialer idle-timeout 60 > dialer map ip 192.168.16.3 name Capetown broadcast 384030 > dialer map ip 192.168.16.3 name Capetown broadcast 384750 > dialer-group 1 > isdn switch-type basic-5ess > isdn spid1 3847000001 384010 > isdn spid2 3847000002 384710 > ppp authentication chap > ppp multilink > > When a host off Capetown's E0 interface initiates traffic towards SanJose1, > the first B channel comes up, but the second B channel never does. > > I've done a lot of debugging (dialer, q931, ppp negotiation) and staring > blankly at it and I see what's happening, but I have no idea why, or how to > correct it. > > What's happening is this: > 1)Interesting traffic received > 2)Dialer dials 384010 on the first B channel > 3)Connection is made, PPP LCP, Authentication, and IPCP succeed. > 4)Multilink bundle is sucessfully created with BRI0:1 as the only member > 5)Load threshold is exceeded. > 6)Dialer AGAIN TRIES TO DIAL THE SAME NUMBER - 384010 > 7)Q931 fails - message back from the isdn switch that the called line is > busy (no surprise) > 8)Dialer tries the other number - 384710 > 9)Error message that 2 dialers are already in use, no free dialers. > (I take this to mean the dialer that originally called 384010, and the > second dialer which again tried to call 384010) > > I have successfully MANUALLY got the second B channels to join the same > multilink bundle and stay up, > > (Capetown)# isdn call int bri0:2 384710 > > so it seems to be just the one free dialer tieing itself up trying to setup > a call on the second B channel to a number that the first B channel is > already connected to. > > Thanks for any help. > > (The whole config on both routers is verbatim out of Cisco Sem 6 lab, other > than using appropriate spids and dial strings). -- 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=56281&t=56257 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
