Re: (ASCEND) DSLPipe: No session with Frame Relay

[Jake Messinger <jake@advamed.com>]

On Sun, 2 Apr 2000, Jim Jones, Jr. wrote:

> Is the Frame Relay suposed to be faster?  I just put in something like this
> with the speed set to 144000 using ppp and i only get about 80000...

No, frame relay is slower because of the nature of the error checking and
the variable length packet size.

> 
> I am using 7.10.5 as the folks at lucent said that anything earlier had a
> severe problem with several things including NAT and Frame Relay.
> 
> Jim
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Justin England" <jengland@enetis.net>
> To: <ascend-users@bungi.com>
> Sent: Sunday, April 02, 2000 1:11 AM
> Subject: (ASCEND) DSLPipe: No session with Frame Relay
> 
> 
> >
> > I have two DSLpipe-HS connecting via dry-copper from the local telco, and
> > the connection comes up fine at 1552000 (Only a few thousand feet away.)
> > But it will never start an active session if I use Frame-Relay
> > encapsulation.  I have used one of the cook-book examples from the manual,
> > but nothing seems to work with Encaps=FR.  I can use PPP, but it seems to
> > only give me about 56k throughput no matter what speed I use for the
> > SDSL Line Rate.  I only see a couple of CRC's with over 10 million
> > packets, so the line should be fine at that speed.   I am using software
> > version 7.0.25 on both sides.
> >
> > Here is a snippet of my config:
> >
> > Configure...
> > Rate Mode=singlebaud
> > SDSL Line Rate=1552000
> > Unit Type=CPE
> > 20-000 Ethernet
> > 20-100 Connections
> > 20-101 DSLBridge
> > Active=Yes
> > Encaps=FR
> > Bridge=Yes
> > Encaps options...
> > FR Prof=DSLframe
> > DLCI=16
> > 20-600 Frame Relay
> > 20-601 DSLframe
> > Active=Yes
> > FR Type=DTE
> >
> > The COE side is the same except for:
> >
> > Unit Type=COE
> > and
> > FR Type=DCE
> >
> > First, what can I check to determine why the session will not start using
> > Frame-Relay?  Second, why would Encaps=PPP limit my speed to around 56k
> > (As reported by MRTG and FTP'ing large files accross the wan link)?  Last,
> > what is the advantage of using which method of Encaps?
> >
> > Thanks for any input!
> >
> > Justin England jengland@enetis.net
> > Network Administrator
> > E-Net Information Services http://www.enetis.net
> > Tel: 605-341-3638 Fax: 605-341-8880
> >
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