I am about to dive head first into ROUTE, and wanted the advice of those who have been through it. I have frame switch sitting logically in the middle of routers simulating an NBMA network, as can be viewed on the attachment.
I have not barely began to crack into the depths of routing protocols, just getting the lab fine tuned, and I am wondering if a frame switch is going to throw a wrench into my studies with the oddities that comes with frame relay or if forming a triangle of routers minus the frame switch would be a better option.
I'm not against keeping it in the mix even if it's not on the ROUTE, but I just never see frame-relay almost anywhere, and I don't want to get stuck spinning my wheels in studies troubleshooting outdated technology that is basically irrelevant in modern networks (as far as I know).
I enjoy learning and troubleshooting the unknown, but if it's just going to be a pit fall to forming peers and such, I'd rather just kiss the investment goodbye so I can stay on track.
Opinions greatly appreciated, thank you in advance for any input!
EDIT:
Added expandable thumbnail of logical topology (configured for OSPF at the moment), for some reason it's showing 2 thumbnails, not sure exactly how I broke that function but go me
