Frame Relay Lab

thenjdukethenjduke Member Posts: 894 ■■■■□□□□□□
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Okay I am wondering how you can build a frame relay lab with the following equipment I have:

Three 2620xm routers fully max with memory and flash.
One Cisco 851w Router.
One Cisco 3640 Router.
Two 2501 Routers.
All the routers have serial interfaces except the 851w and I do have some add on cards for ethernet and fast ethernet.

If someone could point me in the right direction would be appeciated. Would really like to get this concept down.
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  • billscott92787billscott92787 Member Posts: 933
    Do any of the routers have multiple serial interfaces? I would recommend getting an NM-4T off of ebay you can get them pretty cheap. Decide which router you want to make your frame relay switch and install it. That's what I did to build my frame-relay lab. You need one of them to have multiple serial ports. That way each other router can connect directly via serial into the serial interfaces of the frame-relay switch.
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  • thenjdukethenjduke Member Posts: 894 ■■■■□□□□□□
    Already have one.
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  • mikem2temikem2te Member Posts: 407
    You really need 3 or more serial ports in a router to make an effective frame relay switch allowing hub and spoke configs. So as billscott says, an NM-4T in the 3640 or an NM-4A/S may be a better choice as that is supported in the 2600xm series as well.

    The 2501 may suffice for two spoke routers as they should have build in serial ports, adding a WIC-1T to the a couple of the other 2600xm / 3640 should allow for a nice frame lab
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  • billscott92787billscott92787 Member Posts: 933
    I agree. If you already have the NM-4T what are you monkeying around for? LOL Just kidding :D. All you gotta do is set that baby up on the router your using for the frame-relay switch, connecting via back-to-back serial cables from the router (acting as switch) to the spoke routers. Then start your configuration. icon_cheers.gif
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  • mikej412mikej412 Member Posts: 10,086 ■■■■■■■■■■
    The 2501's can be also be "combined" to create a 4 port frame relay switch

    Building a Compound Frame Relay Switch | INE

    If you have the transceivers for the AUI ports, you can actually tunnel over the Ethernet Interfaces instead of the AUX port -- and add more routers to your compound frame relay switch solution to get a higher density.
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  • blackninjablackninja Member Posts: 385
    mikej412 wrote: »
    The 2501's can be also be "combined" to create a 4 port frame relay switch

    Building a Compound Frame Relay Switch | INE

    If you have the transceivers for the AUI ports, you can actually tunnel over the Ethernet Interfaces instead of the AUX port -- and add more routers to your compound frame relay switch solution to get a higher density.

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