Frank, Excellent work! I think this is a totally acceptable answer. In fact, in some cases it might be the ONLY answer (nudge, nudge check out volume 3 TS section I believe ....Lab 9)
On Fri, Mar 5, 2010 at 3:28 PM, Frank <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi, > > I came up with a different solution for the missing LMI and keep-alive > on the interlinks between R6 and R9. > Instead of using "no keepalive", you can also make one side of the links > a FR switch. > > For example, if I do: > > interface MFR1 > no ip address > frame-relay intf-type dce <========= > ! > interface MFR1.69 point-to-point > ip address 150.100.69.9 255.255.255.0 > frame-relay interface-dlci 69 > ! > interface MFR1.96 point-to-point > ip address 150.100.96.9 255.255.255.0 > frame-relay interface-dlci 96 > > then R9 will act as the FR switch, and R6 and R9 will exchange LMI > status messages; and you do not have the problem that the PVC's don't > become active: > > R6# sh frame pvc | i ACTIVE.*MFR > DLCI = 69, DLCI USAGE = LOCAL, PVC STATUS = ACTIVE, INTERFACE = MFR1.69 > DLCI = 96, DLCI USAGE = LOCAL, PVC STATUS = ACTIVE, INTERFACE = MFR1.96 > > R9#sh frame pvc | i ACT > DLCI = 69, DLCI USAGE = LOCAL, PVC STATUS = ACTIVE, INTERFACE = MFR1.69 > DLCI = 96, DLCI USAGE = LOCAL, PVC STATUS = ACTIVE, INTERFACE = MFR1.96 > R9#sh frame map > MFR1.96 (up): point-to-point dlci, dlci 96(0x60,0x1800), broadcast > status defined, active > MFR1.69 (up): point-to-point dlci, dlci 69(0x45,0x1050), broadcast > status defined, active > > Questions: > > 1) Would this be an acceptable solution (it does not seem to violate any > requirements)? > > 2) Are there any drawbacks to this approach that I'm overlooking? > > Regards, > > Farnk > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > For more information regarding industry leading CCIE Lab training, please > visit www.ipexpert.com > -- Regards, Joe Astorino CCIE #24347 (R&S) Sr. Technical Instructor - IPexpert Mailto: [email protected] Telephone: +1.810.326.1444 Live Assistance, Please visit: www.ipexpert.com/chat eFax: +1.810.454.0130 IPexpert is a premier provider of Classroom and Self-Study Cisco CCNA (R&S, Voice & Security), CCNP, CCVP, CCSP and CCIE (R&S, Voice, Security & Service Provider) Certification Training with locations throughout the United States, Europe and Australia. Be sure to check out our online communities at www.ipexpert.com/communities and our public website at www.ipexpert.com
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