s helps!
-Eric
-Original Message-
From: Hire, Ejay [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, December 19, 2001 3:22 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: Fame Relay FECN BECN [7:29675]
Congratulations, you're working with a commercial frame-relay provider.
When I was a sprint customer, t
Frank,
Strictly speaking, whether or not a packet is marked DE has nothing to do
with whether or not you will see FECN and BECN. Marking a packet DE simply
means that you are exceeding the amount of bw that your are "guaranteed".
It doesn't mean that a packet will be dropped, it only means that
Congratulations, you're working with a commercial frame-relay provider.
When I was a sprint customer, they marked all of my traffic as DE,
regardless of CIR. Very annoying. FECN'S, BECN'S, and DE are all features
that your provider may or may not have configured (properly) in their
network. Th
Frank,
Alot of frame relay providers will "sell" zero CIR
(Committed Interface Rate) to a customer. It is at a
much lower cost than allotting a specific CIR to you.
However, EVERY packet you send out will be marked
Discard Eligible. Of course the provider will make the
"best effort" to deliver yo
Frank,
Alot of frame relay providers will "sell" zero CIR
(Committed Interface Rate) to a customer. It is at a
much lower cost than allotting a specific CIR to you.
However, EVERY packet you send out will be marked
Discard Eligible. Of course the provider will make the
"best effort" to deliver yo
When you burst, you get DE's. It's not a problem.
FECN and BECN are status messages from frame switch telling router to slow
down (you can ignore them if you want). DE's are just tags on the packet
that tell the frame switches that if it has to drop any packets due to
congestion, drop you DE pa
6 matches
Mail list logo
