10 seconds? That almost sound like the keepalive time setting. After the no shut, the router tried to bring the interface up, sending a keepalive to the other side, but it didn't receive anything back so it brought the interface down again.
You may want to check the way you are receiving you're clock and if the encapsulation is the same on both sides of the serial link. Peter > -----Original Message----- > From: Md Nazri [mailto:mdnazri@;telekom.com.my] > Sent: Wednesday, October 30, 2002 10:01 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: serial up, line ptotocol up..for a while [7:56515] > > > hi all, > > after i unshut the serial interface for frame relay service, > the status was > up, up...but after a while(maybe 10 secs), it went back to > up,down...and the > status up,up didn't represent the PVC is up because the > Service Provider > always claim that their LMI status remained down during that > period...anybody pls explain why did i get up,up although LMI > status is down. > > Thanks > > rgds > naz Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=56518&t=56515 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

