At 4:49 PM +0000 10/2/02, Troy Edington wrote: >Frame-Relay is a connection-oriented protocol, but is considered unreliable, >it requires higher layer protocols to make it reliable (TCP) > >Connection oriented does not always mean reliable. > >Troy Edington, CCIE #7190
And there are connectionless reliable protocols, although some are rare. Remote Procedure Call (RPC) 802.2 LLC Class 3 X.25 Fast Select (you can argue here) Appletalk Transaction Protocol These are some that come to mind. > > > """"B.J. Wilson"""" wrote in message >> [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... >> > 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=54747&t=54747 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]