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At 11:10 AM 9/21/98 +0200, Simon Leinen wrote: >>>>>> "js" == Jesper Skriver <[email protected]> writes: >> How would you loadshare over many (>6) parallel E1 links. [...] >> I've been thinking om something similar to the Larscom inverse MUX >> (http://www.larscom.com/t3ft3/t3_megae.htm), but this one only support >> 4 E1's, then I can use multiple i-mux's and loadshare over the 8M links >> they provide, but it seems like a poor solution. > >We use Larscom Orion 4000s for 6 transatlantic E1 links. The E1 cards >have eight ports, with HSSI connections to the routers (75xx). >You can look at the actual throughput under >http://www.switch.ch/lan/stat/linkusa.html > We loadshare using Larscom Orion 4000's using 16 x E1's, configured in a pair of parallel 8 x E1 I-Mux configurations. Behind the Larsecomm units are cisco routers. The configuration is stable, and loads evenly over both 16M circuits. Its not a trans-Pacific STM-1 I admit, but it does the job well and has done for some two years now. Geoff Huston Telstra
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