The utilization of one of your topology routers as a FRS is used in several of the bootcamp CCIE labs put on by IPexperts . Marko's class utilized them recently and should used to reduce your lab footprint , but might require you to move your connections around. I believe there are two points here, (less equipment, less recabling) as far as what they give you in the lab; it really doesn't matter as long as you understand frame-relay.
Believe me when I say this , there are a lot more things to work on in the lab then frame relay. Happy studies all ... Regards, Joe Sanchez ( please excuse the brevity of this email as it was sent via a mobile device. Please excuse misspelled words or sentence structure.) On Sep 6, 2012, at 7:24 PM, Bob McCouch <[email protected]> wrote: > I don't believe it violates NDA to mention this, as it's been in several > publicly available slide decks, but the actual (R&S) lab no longer has a > dedicated FRS. Frame connections are either back-to-back, or one of the > routers in the topology is pulling double-duty as a normal router and also a > frame switch. > > > > On Thu, Sep 6, 2012 at 5:15 PM, Joe Sanchez <[email protected]> wrote: > Yes and it is very common practice . I'm actually thinking o getting rid of > my FRS... > > Regards, > Joe Sanchez > > ( please excuse the brevity of this email as it was sent via a mobile device. > Please excuse misspelled words or sentence structure.) > > On Sep 6, 2012, at 10:50 AM, Andy Sajous <[email protected]> wrote: > > > The short answer is yes. Other vendors actually do that (*cough* INE > > *cough*). For the IPexpert topology I'm not sure if R5 is the right choice > > since its supposed to be connected to the frame switch. I've never done > > it, but I can't imagine connecting a router to itself would work as > > anticipated. I would maybe choose R1, R7, R8 or R9 since they don't have > > any connections to the Frame Relay network. R7, R8 and R9 already have > > serial connections going elsewhere, but that shouldn't be a problem. > > > > > > > > > > On Thu, Sep 6, 2012 at 8:55 AM, Fulvio allegretti > > <[email protected]>wrote: > > > >> Hi all, > >> > >> My cisco 3620 that was functioning as a FR switch has abandoned me and I > >> have run out of routers. Is it possible to run a router as a FR SW and as > >> router at the same time? If you are familiar with ipexpert topology, I was > >> thinking of running R5 as FR switch and as R5, what do you think? > >> Fulvio > >> _______________________________________________ > >> For more information regarding industry leading CCIE Lab training, please > >> visit www.ipexpert.com > >> > >> Are you a CCNP or CCIE and looking for a job? Check out > >> www.PlatinumPlacement.com > >> > >> http://onlinestudylist.com/mailman/listinfo/ccie_rs > >> > > _______________________________________________ > > For more information regarding industry leading CCIE Lab training, please > > visit www.ipexpert.com > > > > Are you a CCNP or CCIE and looking for a job? Check out > > www.PlatinumPlacement.com > > > > http://onlinestudylist.com/mailman/listinfo/ccie_rs > _______________________________________________ > For more information regarding industry leading CCIE Lab training, please > visit www.ipexpert.com > > Are you a CCNP or CCIE and looking for a job? Check out > www.PlatinumPlacement.com > > http://onlinestudylist.com/mailman/listinfo/ccie_rs > _______________________________________________ For more information regarding industry leading CCIE Lab training, please visit www.ipexpert.com Are you a CCNP or CCIE and looking for a job? Check out www.PlatinumPlacement.com http://onlinestudylist.com/mailman/listinfo/ccie_rs
