multichassis multilink PPP

MMP makes it possible for a wide area network (WAN) to collectively take advantage of MP, offering enhanced data transfer rates compared with dial-up connections for small businesses or other defined groups of end users. When the individual users are geographically distributed but have access to a single dial-up number, MMP allows the use of multiple dial-up access servers. The site uses a single telephone hunt group for all lines into the access servers. The computers negotiate for a connection termination point, providing optimum distribution of the available bandwidth.

PPP is a full-duplex protocol for communication between computers using a serial interface. PPP offers error correction and can handle synchronous as well as asynchronous data.

Read more about multichassis multilink PPP: - Cisco discusses the technical details of MMP. - Patton Electronics Company offers a remote access server (RAS) with MMP capability. - You can read the original 1994 text of RFC 1717, the MP specification. - George E. Conant described how MP works in a 1999 white paper. The technical basics still apply today.

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