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remote user using analog phone lines must have at least two available
phone lines and two modems connected to a computer that is configured
to support MP (such as Microsoft Windows 9x, Windows NT, or Windows
2000). The other end must also have at least two lines and two ports avail-
able and be configured to support MP. Microsoft refers to MP as “bonding”
or “MLPPP.”
MP uses the Bandwidth Allocation Control Protocol (BACP) to bind sev-
eral physical connections into a single logical link. It is initiated when a
system sends the Maximum Received Reconstruction Unit (MRRU) option
during the first stages ...