practicing WAN connections

exkor5000

hello

i've recently purchesed 2 cisco routers from eBay, 1601 R and 2501. Would I be able to setup a Frame-Relay link between the 2?

of course with the right cables, such as the ones from http://www.stonewallcable.com/ which have a large selection of costum cables including cisco to cisco cables.

Im mostly worried about missing the "frame-relay cloud", or more technically a frame-relay switch to assign DLCIs to both ends.

any ideas?

thanks
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skippingdiscman

I'm not sure what kind of serial interface your 1601 router has, but if it's the same as the DB60 that's on the 2501 router, a DB60 DCE to DTE cable I'm thinking should work fine.

I have four 2501 routers and a 2611 router with a four serial interface module in it that I use for playing around with Frame Relay connections. I bought all of my DCE-DTE cables on ebay (brand-new) for less than $7.00 each (with shipping). Stonewall looks like their cables are kind of pricey. I would shop around first.

Hope this helps.