This blog post is taken from the INE Resources area Understanding Frame-Relay Traffic Shaping presentation by Brian Dennis.
Frame-Relay traffic shaping is designed to control the amount of traffic the router sends out of an interface or out of a particular DLCI. Common reasons for Frame-Relay traffic shaping are:
- It allows the router to conform to the rate subscribed with the service provider
- It allows for the throttling of a higher speed site (768K) so that it does not overrun a lower speed site (64K)
Traffic shaping is designed to delay excess traffic, whereas policing is designed to drop excess traffic.
- Available Rate (AR) – the actual physical speed of the interface; on a DCE serial interface this is determined by the configured clock rate. On a DTE serial interface, it is determined by the received clock rate. A router will always (by default) try to send out at the AR regardless of the interface bandwidth. AR is also commonly referred to as port speed, line rate, or access rate.
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In this post, we will examine PAP and CHAP forms of PPP authentication. The emphasis here will be on the fact that these technologies are one-way in nature. So many of my CCIE-level students believe that they must be configured in a bidirectional configuration. I guess this is because it is what traditional Cisco classes always demonstrate at the CCNA and CCNP levels.
OK – I have pre-configured two routers, R1 and R2, they are connected by their Serial 0/0 interfaces. Let us begin with R1 as a PPP PAP server, and the R2 device as the PPP PAP client. If you ALWAYS think of these technologies (PAP and CHAP) in terms of CLIENT and SERVER commands, you will be in excellent shape.
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