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    Multilink PPP - (DSL Bonding) [Now $100USD]

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      Phobia
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      Am I right to assume that MLPPP is not limited to 2 connections?  ie. I could use 3 or more PPPoE DSL connections?

      – Phob

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        Mersault
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        I am bonding three DSL connections using FreeBSD. I'm presently using userland ppp, though I have spent some time working with the developer of mpd, and we have the CVS version of mpd4 and mpd5 working with TekSavvy. That was a few months ago, so it's quite possible that he's released a new version with the fixes applied.

        A very good primer on MLPPP and how it works can be found here:
        http://www.tcpipguide.com/free/t_PPPMultilinkProtocolMPMLPMLPPPPPPMP.htm

        I don't know what issues with newer versions of mpd that dotdash is referring to, but if those can be overcome it should be pretty simple to drop in a recent binary of mpd4 or mpd5. I can provide the mpd config files I used for both mpd4 and mpd5 to successfully connect to TekSavvy.

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          webstar
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          @Phobia:

          Am I right to assume that MLPPP is not limited to 2 connections?  ie. I could use 3 or more PPPoE DSL connections?

          – Phob

          From what I understand yes.

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            webstar
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            Well it only took 3 days and someone made a MLPPP version of the Tomato Firmware.

            http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r20484600-TomatoMLPPP-released-evade-throttle-or-bond-two-DSL-lines
            http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r20452999-MLPPP-on-WRT54GTomato-progress-report-with-download

            Any chance someone can do the same with pfsense?

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              eri--
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              Well it is pretty simple to do this with pfSense it has just to be exported to the interface, since mpd supports this.

              The idea is to setup multiple ppp connections and then create a final bundle(in mpd talk) for them. This would even bring support for  pptp/pppoe/ppp on interfaces other than WAN as an aside.

              I can take a look at this after i finish the other bounty if nobody wants to dig in before.

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                webstar
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                Thanks for looking into it.

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                  tec
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                  I would put another 25 in this bountey IF it works with PPPOE.

                  It would be great if others would also put a smal amount in, this feature would really rock :)
                  Cheers

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                    bitcore
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                    I am really fascinated with this. I'm talking to our local telco's president to see if they support this. If so, and their fiber roll out to our house is over a few months, and they'd rather do MLPP instead of a couple bonded T1's - I'll post 50$

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                      webstar
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                      if I recall when someone asked Teksavvy if they do/could support it. About 6 hours later they had it activated.

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                        grayfox
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                        I will add $10 to the bounty, This feature would be useful.

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                          Edward_k
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                          I'll add $25 USD to bounty if MLPPP should still work even if you have 1 DSL line, yes?

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                            webstar
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                            @Edward_k:

                            I'll add $25 USD to bounty if MLPPP should still work even if you have 1 DSL line, yes?

                            It does with tomato. And it does bypass the DPI throttling.

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                              webstar
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                              So what would you all need to help dev. this.

                              I could put Pfsense in Vmware on a XP box that can be vnc'd into. This is what I provided to the Tomato MLPPP devs.

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                                ohmer
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                                It's not complete and bug-free, but it's a good start.  Only a few hours were required ;)

                                http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r20504733-MLPPP-on-pfSense

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                                  eri--
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                                  This link is a more complete setup.

                                  Though mpd5 has templates which should simplify some things on the configuration side.
                                  But that all to doing it.

                                  I think that you better enable tcpmssfix rather than setting mss maxsize option.

                                  If you are interested on getting this into pfSense when you have a diff just report in here.

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                                    ohmer
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                                    The link is dead.

                                    I tried to remove my "set mss" directives and add one "set iface enable tcpmssfix", but this didn't change anything.

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                                      eri--
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                                      It works for me but in any case try this.

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                                        webstar
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                                        @ermal:

                                        It works for me but in any case try this.

                                        That link is dead too. DSLR uses dynamic links so you can't just link to them.

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                                          Edward_k
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                                          Shamelessly mirrored on my site at (v1.3)
                                          http://static.edwardk.info/mlppp%20guide.pdf
                                          from: http://www.broadbandreports.com/forum/r20456553-MLPPP-Guide-on-Linux

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                                            jonnytabpni
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                                            This feature would make pfsense the ultimate firewall!!

                                            There is another firewall called Boot CD or something that used to be free but then the guy started to take advantage of the fact that his prduct was the only one to allow MLPPP.

                                            My Business will give $30 to the person that codes this!!

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