From: Manuel Berrocal (manueliux@xxxxxxxxx)
Date: Sat Mar 04 2000 - 19:15:08 GMT-3
--- Jeff Omick <jomick@lucent.com> wrote:
> It was my understanding on p2p links you do not need to specify
> the broadcast because there is only one device on the farside.
> If you have a multipoint (NBMA) address then you would have to specify
> the broadcast on the map line.
>
I agree.
> At least that was my understanding
> until i tried it again about a month ago. If i remember correctly
> i also saw the broadcasts going out the multipoint without any map
> statements. If anyone else could to confirm or correct the
> above statement. (I was not on the mailing list then and did have
> anyone to bounce it off of at that time).
>
if you didn't use map statements the your mappings were dynamic. In my
experience I've always seen dynamic mappings with the broadcast (show frame
map). I think that if you had done the mappings static without the broadcast
parameter then it wouldn't have worked.
> Thanks
> Jeff
>
>
>
> > Kevin Gannon wrote:
> >
> > What _exactly_ does the broadcast part of a frame relay map mean. I read
> it as
> > broadcasts to either 255.255.255.255
> > or the network broadcast address for the interface will be forward out
> the
> > DLCI list in the map.
> >
> > However without the broadcast statement I can push broadcasts outwards to
> DLCI
> > and they arrive the other end,
> > what gives I am running RIP sucessfully without the broadcast statement?
> >
> > I have p2p links on the far end of the DLCI's but I still see RIP
> broadcasts
> > inwards and outwards from the center
> > which is using frame maps on the main serial interface.
> >
> > Kevin.
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