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[webstar]

I'm trying to get a feel how much this would cost as a bounty.

We (few of us) are looking for a easy way to allow us to do MLPPP.  Our ISP already supports it, we are already running Pfsense so now we are just looking for someone who could do the programming.

I know Pfsense already does load balancing but we are looking for MultiLink PPP.

[Owen]

If this is compatible w/ Teksavvy, I would put $100 towards this bounty.

[dotdash]

IMO, it would be easier to do this on the router than on the firewall, but it should be within the realm of possibility.
Someone has a good howto on using MLPPP on TekSavvy DSL here: (Owen mentioned DSL, so I'll assume the OP meant DSL too)
http://bsdtips.utcorp.net/mediawiki/index.php/Mersault/MultiLink_PPP
The howto uses userland ppp, and IIRC, pfSense uses mpd instead of userland ppp for PPPoE connections. The author mentioned somewhere that mpd 4 would also work with TekSavvy, but pfSense is still using mpd3x due to some issues with the newer version.
Note that I'm just giving some information- I haven't used mlppp since bonding two 33.6k modems on a FreeBSD 2.x box and have no programming skills whatsoever.

[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

[Mersault]

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.

[webstar]

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.

[webstar]

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?

[ermal]

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.

[webstar]

Thanks for looking into it.

[tec]

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

[bitcore]

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$

[webstar]

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

[grayfox]

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

[Edward_k]

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

[webstar]

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.