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What is Multichassis Multilink PPP?

April 26, 2017communications protocol MP multilink multilink ppp PPP

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What is Multichassis Multilink PPP?

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MultiChassis multilink PPP is an expansion of Multilink PPP that allows the PPP protocol to spread across computers. The Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP) is designed to allow a computer to communicate with another computer over one specified port and connection. Many Internet Service Providers (ISPs) use this type of connection for their dial up customers to establish a connection. Multilink PPP allows for the computer to combine multiple ports to increase the bandwidth of a connection. For example, if a computer could combine two connections to the network at 10Mbps each, the total bandwidth available to that computer would be 20Mbps. This is the same concept used in Multichassis Multilink PPP except that the multilink connections can be spread across computer hardware. This allows an ISP to better leverage the power of the computers in their data center because the operation can function over multiple PCs rather than just within a single PC. A dial up PPP connection using multipoint wil