Someone please explain 'Frame Relay' to me, i'm confused ;)

[dug777]

:beer:

 

[MixMasterTang]

Generally frame relay is used to establish a private wan for a company. For example if someone has a location in Denver, Chicago and New York and want to establish a WAN they can get a Frame Relay setup to establish a private WAN so their data does not traverse the public internet.

Frame Relay - A packet-switching protocol for connecting devices on a Wide Area Network (WAN). Frame Relay networks in the U.S. support data transfer rates at T-1 (1.544 Mbps) and T-3 (45 Mbps) speeds. In fact, you can think of Frame Relay as a way of utilizing existing T-1 and T-3 lines owned by a service provider. Most telephone companies now provide Frame Relay service for customers who want connections at 56 Kbps to T-1 speeds. (In Europe, Frame Relay speeds vary from 64 Kbps to 2 Mbps

 

[dug777]

Cheers, i googled and found that link, but i really don't quite understand the explanation they give...

I understand what it is used for now tho thanks to you 🙂

 

[Linflas]

One of the selling points of it was/is that you can burst above your base bandwidth assuming that the overhead is available. Simple example picture you have a committed information rate of 768K on a T1. You are guaranteed to get the 768k but will be allowed to burst up to the maximum 1.544 if the bandwidth is available for brief periods. At least that is how I understood it to work.

 

[Zanix]

40 views and not one "wrong forum"?

 

[Linflas]

Originally posted by: Zanix
40 views and not one "wrong forum"?

Nice isn't it? I'm not a mod so it is not my business to worry about what forum people post stuff to.

 

[AnyMal]

Originally posted by: Zanix
40 views and not one "wrong forum"?

wrong forum!

there, happy? 😉

 

[acemcmac]

Originally posted by: MixMasterTang
Generally frame relay is used to establish a private wan for a company. For example if someone has a location in Denver, Chicago and New York and want to establish a WAN they can get a Frame Relay setup to establish a private WAN so their data does not traverse the public internet.

Frame Relay - A packet-switching protocol for connecting devices on a Wide Area Network (WAN). Frame Relay networks in the U.S. support data transfer rates at T-1 (1.544 Mbps) and T-3 (45 Mbps) speeds. In fact, you can think of Frame Relay as a way of utilizing existing T-1 and T-3 lines owned by a service provider. Most telephone companies now provide Frame Relay service for customers who want connections at 56 Kbps to T-1 speeds. (In Europe, Frame Relay speeds vary from 64 Kbps to 2 Mbps

woot. Great asplanation 😉

 

[dug777]

Originally posted by: Linflas
One of the selling points of it was/is that you can burst above your base bandwidth assuming that the overhead is available. Simple example picture you have a committed information rate of 768K on a T1. You are guaranteed to get the 768k but will be allowed to burst up to the maximum 1.544 if the bandwidth is available for brief periods. At least that is how I understood it to work.

interesting...is it privately availiable?

 

[vi edit]

Originally posted by: dug777

Originally posted by: Linflas
One of the selling points of it was/is that you can burst above your base bandwidth assuming that the overhead is available. Simple example picture you have a committed information rate of 768K on a T1. You are guaranteed to get the 768k but will be allowed to burst up to the maximum 1.544 if the bandwidth is available for brief periods. At least that is how I understood it to work.

interesting...is it privately availiable?

It could be. But it's not cheap. AT ALL. And it typically won't have any ISP service over it. It's designed to be a backbone system to tie branch offices together. It's not an alternative to DSL/Cable/Ect. It's more of a networking backbone than an Internet connection.

 

[dug777]

Originally posted by: vi_edit

Originally posted by: dug777

Originally posted by: Linflas
One of the selling points of it was/is that you can burst above your base bandwidth assuming that the overhead is available. Simple example picture you have a committed information rate of 768K on a T1. You are guaranteed to get the 768k but will be allowed to burst up to the maximum 1.544 if the bandwidth is available for brief periods. At least that is how I understood it to work.

interesting...is it privately availiable?

It could be. But it's not cheap. AT ALL. And it typically won't have any ISP service over it. It's designed to be a backbone system to tie branch offices together. It's not an alternative to DSL/Cable/Ect. It's more of a networking backbone than an Internet connection.

Cheers for the info folks, dug777 learnt something today :beer: