Can MT bond interfaces for aggregated bandwidth?
We want to establish 3 T1 circuits between two points and realize an aggregated throughput of 4.5Mb/s. Is this possible with MT on one or both sides?
Thought was to deploy inexpensive and plentiful Cisco 2501 w/CSU/DSU and plug the ethernet from the Ciscos into a three Ethernet ports in a MT router. ty, Jeff
This is definitely possible; people are doing it all over the place…
Mikrotik actually sells one brand of T1/E1 PCI interface, but it is quite expensive. I think there is a much cheaper model available(ahem…) that has been discussed in these forums before…
http://www.mikrotik.com/interfaces.php#linx3part2
Thought was to deploy inexpensive and plentiful Cisco 2501 w/CSU/DSU and plug the ethernet from the Ciscos into a three Ethernet ports in a MT router. ty, Jeff
I was going to do this also to bond our T1 lines, since that is the way we did it when I first learned Cisco, and I still have a few Adtran CSU/DSUs around… The old 2500s are fairly slow by today’s standards, though, and I remember that I used to be able to slow them to a crawl just by turning on too much logging(which wasn’t much). I also didn’t have any V.35 cables around, so I decided instead to just buy a used 2600 model with a 4 port T1 WIC for about $500, and be done with it. I then just multilinked the T1s inside the Cisco, and passed the aggregate traffic straight out into an MT for routing, firewalling, and all the other goodies… 
Hitek