Re: Keepalives

From: khurram noor (smartcapricon82@gmail.com)
Date: Sun Nov 30 2008 - 18:14:22 ARST


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this which i want to share

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/tech/tk713/tk237/technologies_configuration_example09186a0080094a3b.shtml
On Mon, Dec 1, 2008 at 1:04 AM, Bogdan Sass <bogdan.sass@catc.ro> wrote:

> khurram noor wrote:
>
>> Can anyone explains the logic behind inserting "no keepalives" in a frame
>> relay interface configuration mode. i have a scenerio in which i have a
>> frame-relay point-point connectivity... but the link does not come up
>> until
>> i assign "no keepalives" under physical interface of both routers along
>> with
>> clock rate on one of the routers.
>>
>>
>>
>>
> LMI messages are based on keepalives. Since I assume you have two routers
> connected back-to-back, there is no FR switch, so nobody to send LMI
> messages. By disabling the keepalives, you are basically telling the router
> "do not expect any keepalives/LMI messages on this link - just bring the
> link up!"
>
> HTH,
>
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> Bogdan Sass
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