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As far as FR is concerned. How large can these scale, how much bandwidth can
I expect from FR's? Can they be bound together?

Thx, Larry
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> In article <mxD8c.310380$> , lgovedi1
> @tampabay.rr.com says...
> > I will be involved in the merger of two company's. As part of this
merger we
> > will need to bring together two networks. This is what my question is
around
> > the sub interfaces on the routers. Are the subinterfaces designed for
dlci
> > related frame clouds?
>
> It can be used for other things, but yes, one of the more common uses of
> subinterfaces on serial connections are for FR connections.
>
>
> > Also, some of the links are frame relay on one end,
> > into the carrier then interfaces (internally) to an ATM. Can this be
done
> > with all frame relays?
>
> It can if you want it that way or if the carrier has no choice but to
> use ATM for the handoff. For example, one of my branch network uses a
> "pure" FR at one data center, but the redundant datacenter uses FR over
> ATM. So my router configs reference ATM commands.
>
> > Lastly, could anyone recommend some good reading
> > related to these topics?
>
> Cisco has good general reading on setting up FR connections. But I'm
> not sure exactly what you're looking for in terms of reading material.
>
>
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>
> hsb
>
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In article <Q6cbc.4446$>, res0jhe3
@verizon.net says...
> As far as FR is concerned. How large can these scale, how much bandwidth can
> I expect from FR's? Can they be bound together?

It can scale as large as your port speed. We typically use FR up to DS3
speeds (28 branches running DS1 to one DS3). We used to oversubscribe
them in the past (up to 160%) but we don't do this any longer. Also, so
many carriers are providing distance insensitive point-to-point T1s that
we're starting to move away from FR.

You don't really want to bond FR circuits because latency factor can
vary greatly.

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