Frame Relay encap vis-a-vis point-to-point at UUNET

Tue Sep 22 23:07:26 UTC 1998

At 06:17 PM 9/22/98 -0400, Jeff Mcadams wrote:
>Incidentally, we're straight into the router port and still using f/r
>encap.  I'm not really sure of the reasoning behind this, but
>apparently, the edict came down from on high that all new turn-ups would
>use frame-relay encap...even if straight into a router port.  *shrug*

I would speculate that the reason is that PVC's are easier to move around
within a FR cloud, allowing one to reconfigure with less headache.  Your T1
is moved to a new router or location with "just a PVC rebuild". 

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