Re: Frame LMI

From: MADMAN (dave@interprise.com)
Date: Fri Oct 18 2002 - 14:48:11 GMT-3


  You are correct Sir. I know our frame switchs are set for auto so you
can use whatever LMI you like. I prefer Cisco for the very reason you
suggest, CIR info.

  Makes me wonder why some prividers force customers to use anexd/ANSI?
Do they have something to hide;)

  Dave

Gene_Thorne@doh.state.fl.us wrote:
>
> Please give me a sanity check on this. A colleague (boss actually) says that
> our routers should receive CIR information from the frame switch. I think
> that is possible only if the LMI type is Cisco, and then only if the switch
> is configured to provide it. In our case we are using ANSI LMI, which does
> not have an IE for bandwidth (I think). I base this on the debug frame LMI
> documentation plus I think I read it somewhere. I can't find the standard,
> though, so I could be wrong. Can anyone confirm or deny? As an aside, didn't
> the Frame Relay Forum used to have more stuff for free on their site, like
> the ATM Forum does? TIA.

-- 
David Madland
CCIE# 2016
Sr. Network Engineer
Qwest Communications
612-664-3367

"You don't make the poor richer by making the rich poorer." --Winston Churchill



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