RFC 1990 · DRAFT STANDARD · 1996
SUN · 14 JUN 2026
The PPP Multilink Protocol
Overview
RFC 1990, “The PPP Multilink Protocol”, is a Draft Standard document published in August 1996 by K. Sklower, B. Lloyd, G. McGregor, D. Carr, T. Coradetti. It obsoletes RFC 1717. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.
Abstract
This document proposes a method for splitting, recombining and sequencing datagrams across multiple logical data links. [STANDARDS-TRACK]
What “Draft Standard” means
A historical maturity level (retired in 2011) that sat between Proposed Standard and Internet Standard and required multiple interoperable implementations.
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Relationships to other RFCs
Other RFCs from 1996
- RFC 1989 PPP Link Quality Monitoring
- RFC 1991 PGP Message Exchange Formats
- RFC 1988 Conditional Grant of Rights to Specific Hewlett-Packard Patents In Conjunction With the Internet Engineering Task Force's Internet- Standard Network Management Framework
- RFC 1992 The Nimrod Routing Architecture
- RFC 1987 Ipsilon's General Switch Management Protocol Specification Version 1.1
- RFC 1993 PPP Gandalf FZA Compression Protocol
- RFC 1986 Experiments with a Simple File Transfer Protocol for Radio Links using Enhanced Trivial File Transfer Protocol
- RFC 1994 PPP Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol