Re: DLSw+ on FR with pass-thru

From: John Neiberger (neiby@xxxxxxxxxx)
Date: Tue Apr 02 2002 - 17:47:51 GMT-3


   
Okay, I just checked CCO and Cisco agrees
with me. :-) 'frame map dlsw' is for
direct encaps without pass-thru, 'frame map
llc2' is for direct encaps *with* pass-thru.

John

---- On Tue, 2 Apr 2002, John Neiberger
(neiby@ureach.com) wrote:

> I thought I understood this but I've been
> browsing the archives and a few times I've
> seen the exact opposite of what I thought.
> Please verify my thinking and point out
the
> error in my logic if there is one. I'm
> going to be checking CCO, of course, but I
> wanted to get your opinions, as well.
>
> If we're using Dlsw+ with direct
> encapsulation on frame relay *without*
> pass-thru, we're passing dlsw frames
across
> the cloud, NOT llc2. LLC2 is locally
> acknowledged and we need to use 'frame
relay
> map dlsw a.b.c.d' at the interface level.
>
> If we decide to use the pass-thru method,
> then llc2 traffic is no longer being
locally
> acknowledged. To allow the traffic to
> traverse the frame cloud we need to use
> 'frame map llc2 a.b.c.d'.
>
> The examples I found in the archives state
> the exact opposite which makes no sense to
> me at all. Without pass-thru, I just
don't
> see why we would map llc2 to a PVC if the
> llc2 frames aren't being passed thru!
>
> I hate it when I think I understand
> something and then it turns out I don't.
> :-)
>
> Thanks,
> John
>



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