Our campus network at Staples HQ had a ATM based backbone that had SVC's. Have no idea why, and there were always problems with the SVC's never being torn down properly, but they were used.
-- RFC 1149 Compliant. ""John Neiberger"" wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED].; > This brings up another point that's been bugging me lately. > > When would you ever implement ATM SVCs? It seems that modern > networks tend to be very chatty and there's generally a lot > going on, especially if you're running a routing protocol. > This would tend to keep the SVC up all or most of the time. > > If that's the case, why not just nail up PVCs and be done with > it? I can't think of a good example off the top of my head > where it would be a _Really Good Idea_ to implement SVCs. > > I suppose it's possible to have networks where connections > aren't up all the time, but when they are you need the > capabilities inherent in ATM. However, I just can't think of a > really good example where SVCs would be a superior choice vs. > PVCs. > > Any thoughts? > > John > > > > ---- On Mon, 4 Mar 2002, Hunt Lee ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > > John, > > > > For Frame-Relay PVCs, you would use: > > > > ip ospf network point-to-multipoint > > > > But for Frame-Relay SVCs or ATM SVCs, you would use: > > > > ip ospf network point-to-multipoint non-broadcast > > > > Best Regards, > > Hunt Lee > > > > > > ""John Neiberger"" wrote in message > > news:[EMAIL PROTECTED].; > > > I've been reading the CCO configuration guides and I now > have a > > > question. What is the difference between the following: > > > > > > ip ospf network point-to-multipoint > > > > > > and > > > > > > ip ospf network point-to-multipoint non-broadcast > > > > > > ?? > > > > > > More specifically, I really want to know when you would use > the latter > > > command. The example given on CCO is if we have excluded > the > > broadcast > > > keyword from a frame relay map. I don't think I've ever > seen anyone > > > configure a frame map without that keyword so I don't know > why you'd > > > ever want to do that. > > > > > > Any thoughts here? > > > > > > Thanks, > > > John > [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=37267&t=37205 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
