Some documentation may say that it's connection oriented because you have to set up a PVC (or an SVC) so you pre-establish a connection.
But in fact it's connectionless, since it doesn't have, like you say, a retransmission system or error checking mechanism like TCP. And the terms connection oriented and connectionless, refer to the protocol, not to the circuit. Peter -----Original Message----- From: ""B.J. Wilson"" [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, October 02, 2002 1:25 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Frame Relay: connectionless or connection-oriented? [7:54706] Dear Silent Bob: Okay lunchbox, my co-workers and I are trying to figure out if Frame Relay is connectionless or connection-oriented. A lot of documentation I'm reading says it *is*, but somewhere in the chasms of my memory banks I can't help but think that it is *not*, because a) it would be redundant given TCP's function and b) it would add latency to the Frame cloud, which is supposedly optimized for speed (one of the improvements Frame made to X.25). Am I right, or have I been hitting the pipe a little too hard lately? Your hetero life-mate, Jay Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=54707&t=54707 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
