You know, this brings up a good question...My company has sites all across the country, and for every spoke site, we were able to get the exact same DLCI, and at the hubs, we were able to get a range of DLCI's in increments of 5 going out to each of the spokes. How is this possible? I completely understand that the DLCI is locally significant, and that it only defines the connection between the Frame switch and the customer CPE, but what are the odds of the exact same DLCI on so many different switches being available? Maybe there is something relevant to the fact that the carrier's network is actually using ATM that makes this possible? Thanks!
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Chuck Sent: Wednesday, June 26, 2002 3:09 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: frame relay question [7:47498] good questions. in theory, you may request any dlci you wish, so long as it is in the legal range for the carrier. this would be numbers 16 through 996? for some, or through 1004? for others in fact, if you have a good rapport with your carrier, and they in turn have their act together, this is common practice. OTOH, in my experience, telcos just want to get the work done, and they will configure the dlci starting with 16 because it's easy to remember. the switch techs just bang out their configs with no conscious thought intervention. if you have nothing fancy going on ( and it appears you don't ) the only required configuration on your router is setting the frame relay encapsulation, and setting the ip address. at that point the circuit will come up. you can check this using the show frame pvc, show frame lmi and show ip interface brief commands. lmi will detect and use the single pvc with no other tweaks required. if you have multiple pvcs on a circuit, you would, of course have to use frame map commands, or use point-to-point subinterfaces in conjunction with the frame interface-dlci command. best wishes. ""GEORGE"" wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > I have a newbie question, regarding frame-relay. When I order a frame > relay circuit for two locations > Do the telco provide the dlci? Or I make it up? Once the frame relay is > installed on both locations I guess using the dlci numbers it makes the > connection , besides the ip and all other stuff > Can someone explain it please > thanks Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=47549&t=47498 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
