[afnog] redundant PPPoE links

[Mark Tinka]

On Thursday, March 22, 2012 05:30:18 PM james chirwa wrote:

> I have a PPPoE connection on Cisco 1800 series to my
> service provider, there are two links from the same
> provider, one of which is a backup where by i have to
> physically change the cables on the router's port when
> the main link is down.
> Is there a way to configure a dynamic solution such that
> i have both connection physically connect to separate
> ports but the other one dials when the primary link goes
> down? but acquire the same IP address that is acquired
> by the primary link when its up.

You could try this:

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/ios/12_2/dial/configuration/guide/dafbakdw_ps1835_TSD_Products_Configuration_Guide_Chapter.html


Or search along those lines - there's lots of Cisco 
documentation to help you with this kind of scenario.

Cheers,

Mark.