Multilinking Frame Relay and other WAN Connections

[emillington]

Can you multilink different speed circuit without maxing out the slowest speed circuit?

Would it be better to use a routing protocol for load balancing, like EIGRP for this?

Thanks

Edward

[mheusinger]

Hi,

yes you can bundle several FR PVCs

Have a look at "Multilink Frame Relay (FRF.16)"

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps6350/products_configuration_guide_chapter09186a00804554eb.html

The recommendation is however to have all PVC at the same speed.

With EIGRP and "variance" you have another option for load balancing, which also works.

Be aware that CEF also plays a role when it comes to load balancing. Default is per destination load balancing, which makes sense usually. In case you have only one data stream it could mean however that only one interface/PVC is used.

Hope this helps

Martin

[emillington]

Thanks Martin!

I saw that one in my research, but I am wondering about using a variety links.

Example, a wan 256K link, FR, BRI and so on. In my case, a FR 128/256 and a wan 512K link.