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Chapter 22      Configuring Multilink Point-to-Point Protocol Connections
Configuring MLP Bundles and Member Links
Note The router automatically adds the ppp multilink and ppp multilink group commands to the 
MLP bundle configuration.
Configuration Example for Creating an MLP Bundle Interface
Example 22-1 shows a sample configuration for creating an MLP bundle interface.
Command Purpose
Step 1
Router(config)# interface multilink 
multilink-bundle-number 
Creates a multilink bundle. Enters interface configuration 
mode to configure the bundle. 
multilink-bundle-number is a nonzero number that identifies 
the multilink bundle. For Cisco IOS Release 12.2(28)SB and 
later releases, valid values are:
  • MLP over Serial—1 to 9999 (Release 12.2(28)SB and 
later) or from 1 to 9999 and 65,536 to 2,147,483,647 
(Release 12.2(31)SB2 and later).
  • Single-VC MLP over ATM—10,000 and higher.
  • Multi-VC MLP over ATM—1 to 9999 
(Release
 12.2(28)SB and later) or from 1 to 9999 and 
65,536 to 2,147,483,647 (Release 12.2(31)SB2 and 
later).
Note For releases earlier than Cisco IOS 
Release
 12.2(28)SB, valid values are from 1 to 
2,147,483,647.
Step 2
Router(config-if)# ip address address mask
Specifies the IP address and subnet mask assigned to the 
interface.
address is the IP address.
mask is the subnet mask for the associated IP address.
Step 3
Router(config-if)# ppp chap hostname hostname
(Optional) Identifies the hostname sent in the Challenge 
Handshake Authentication Protocol (CHAP) challenge. 
hostname is the name of the bundle group. This name 
uniquely identifies the bundle. 
Note If you configure this command on the bundle and its 
member links, specify the same identifier for both the 
bundle and the member links.
Step 4
Router(config-if)# ppp multilink 
fragment-delay delay-max
(Optional) Configures the maximum delay allowed for the 
transmission of a packet fragment on an MLP bundle.
delay-max specifies the maximum amount of time, in 
milliseconds, that is required to transmit a fragment. Valid 
values are from 1 to 1000 milliseconds. 
Step 5
Router(config-if)# ppp multilink interleave
(Optional) Enables interleaving of real-time packets among 
the fragments of larger nonreal-time packets on an MLP 
bundle.
Step 6
Router(config-if)# ppp multilink fragment 
disable
(Optional) Disables packet fragmentation.