Call your telco, they have all the information that was discussed (port speed, access speed, CIR) That's really the easiest answer...cheers. ***************************************************************** This has been an Eyez Only streaming e-mail broadcast...We are watching. NetEyez - CCNP, CCDA ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, March 30, 2001 3:53 AM Subject: actual speed (BW) on a Frame-Relay circuit > this is only if I know that the link is a T1. But what if I don't know the > speed of the link ? Is there a way to check this out. > > Regards, > > Tarry > > > -----Original Message----- > From: John Neiberger [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2001 5:27 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: actual speed (BW) on a Frame-Relay circuit > > > This is actually more complicated than you think. :-) Which do you > want to know, the speed of the link or the available bandwidth? If it's > the latter, what do you mean by available? Do you want to know the CIR? > Or how much you can burst over your CIR? > > Let's say you have a frame relay T-1. The speed of that link is always > 1.544 Mbps. If you send data across that link, regardless of the CIR, > the data is travelling at 1.544 Mbps! Because it's frame relay, you > might be paying for a certain CIR which is a statistical parameter that > sometimes doesn't have much to do with how much data you can push across > that link. > > In fact, if your provider isn't experiencing any congestion, then CIR > doesn't mean squat as far as I'm concerned. Whenever you exceed your > CIR, frames in the cloud can be marked as Discard Eligible. All that > means is that during times of congestion, those get dropped first. If > there's no congestion, DE status doesn't mean much. > > So, to answer your question... The speed of the link is whatever your > link speed is. <g> The CIR can usually be seen by using the command > "show frame-relay map". > > I hope that helps and didn't just confuse the issue more. I may have > been imprecise, and if I have others will surely correct me. > > Regards, > John > > >>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 3/29/01 6:57:53 AM >>> > Hi, > > is there a command to check the actual speed (BW) or max BW used on a > Frame-Relay circuit. > > Thanks, > > Tarry. > > -- > GMX - Die Kommunikationsplattform im Internet. > http://www.gmx.net > > _________________________________ > FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html > Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > _________________________________ FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
