At 11:24 AM +0000 10/2/02, \"\"B.J. Wilson\"\" wrote: >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
As are many things in networking, It Depends. FR is connection-oriented (without user-controlled connection and disconnection phases) as far as its topology. That refers to the endpoints, remembering FR is an access rather than a backbone protocol. FR does not do error correction. Just because something is connection-oriented doesn't mean it does error correction. FR does do error detection and a primitive form of congestion notification. Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=54712&t=54712 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
