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CEF is safe to a point. We're running it on 11.1CC(30), and it runs pretty well. We had memory leak problems in earlier versions on the 11.1CC train. I wouldn't use it for IMUXing, though. Check out Tiara Networks for their MLPPP engine. It's pretty nifty. CEF does a nice job of bringing the CPU down on a fully loaded 7513. That's all i'd use it for, until all the bugs get worked out. I had a bad experience using CEF on 12.0.5 in the type of situation you are describing. If a serial flapped, there was a small chance that the router CPU would go nuts, effectively making the router unmanageable. On a related note - Any ISPs out there using 12.0(s) yet in widespread release? -------------------------------------------------------------- Daniel L. Golding * Senior Network Engineer Network Engineering * Mindspring Enterprises [email protected] * -------------------------------------------------------------- On Fri, 14 Jan 2000, Alex Rubenstein wrote: > > > Question (kinda operational).. > > I've been looking/asking around, but have yet been able to get the same > answer twice to the following question: How many links can you have in > parallel when using CEF load-sharing per-packet? > > Another words, we currently have a site that has four DS1s load balanced, > in parallel (terminating in the same router on each end). Can you add a > [5th|6th|7th|8th] ? > > Before you answer "BUY A DS3!", this is located in a rural area that a) > really doesn't (easily) even have DS3 capabilites, and b) isn't cost > effective to have a DS3 as it is about 15 times the cost of a DS1. > > Thanks for any insight! > > > >
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