CCNA Guide To Cisco Networking Fundamentals: PPP and Frame Relay

CCNA Guide to Cisco Networking Fundamentals
Fourth Edition
Chapter 11 PPP and Frame Relay
Objectives
Describe PPP encapsulation Configure PPP encapsulation and its options Describe and enable PPP multilink Understand Frame Relay standards and equipment
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Objectives (continued)
Describe the role of virtual circuits and performance parameters in Frame Relay Understand the Frame Relay topologies Understand the difference between multipoint and point-to-point configurations Configure and monitor Frame Relay
PPP
PPP
Internet standard protocol defined in RFCs 2153 and 1661 Provide point-to-point, router-to-router, host-to-router, and host-to-host connections Considered a peer technology based on its point-topoint physical configuration Commonly used over dial-up or leased lines to provide connections into IP networks
Serial Line Internet Protocol (SLIP) was the predecessor to PPP

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PPP (continued)
PPP can be used over several different physical interfaces, including the following:
Asynchronous serial ISDN synchronous serial High-Speed Serial Interface (HSSI)
PPP in the Protocol Stack

You can use PPP over both asynchronous and synchronous connections
At the Physical layer of the OSI reference model
Link Control Protocol (LCP)

Used at the Data Link layer to establish, configure, and test the connection
Network Control Protocols (NCPs)

Allow the simultaneous use of multiple Network layer protocols and are required for each protocol that uses PPP
PPP in the Protocol Stack (continued)
Frame Format
PPP is based on the High-Level Data Link Control (HDLC) protocol The difference between PPP frames and HDLC frames is that PPP frames contain protocol and Link Control Protocol (LCP) fields LCP
Described in RFCs 1548, 1570, 1661, 2153, and 2484 Describes PPP organization and methodology, including basic LCP extensions
Frame Format (continued)

LCP field of the PPP packet can contain many different pieces of information, including the following:
Asynchronous character map Maximum receive unit size Compression Authentication Magic number Link Quality Monitoring (LQM) Multilink
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Frame Format (continued)

LCP link configuration process
Modifies and enhances the default characteristics of a PPP connection
Includes the following actions:

Link establishment Authentication (optional) Link-quality determination (optional) Network layer protocol configuration negotiation Link termination
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Establishing PPP Communications

Involves the following actions:
Link establishment Optional authentication Network layer protocol configuration negotiation
The link establishment phase involves the configuration and testing of the data link The authentication process can use two authentication types with PPP connections: PAP and CHAP
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Establishing PPP Communications (continued)

PPP is an encapsulation type for serial interface communications
To configure a PPP connection, you must access the interface configuration mode for the specific interface you want to configure
After LCP has finished negotiating the configuration parameters

Network layer protocols can be configured individually by the appropriate NCP
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Configuring PPP Authentication
Using authentication with PPP connections is optional You must specifically configure PPP authentication on each PPP host in order for the host to use it You can choose to enable CHAP, PAP, or both on your PPP connection, in either order
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Once you set the authentication type
You must still configure a username and password for the authentication
You must exit interface configuration mode and enter global configuration mode
Type username followed by the host name of the remote router Then type password followed by the password for that connection
Confirming PPP Communications

With the show interface command
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Frame Relay Standards and Equipment

Frame Relay
A packet switching and encapsulation technology that functions at the Physical and Data Link layers of the OSI reference model A communications technique for sending data over high-speed digital connections
ITU-T and ANSI define Frame Relay

As a connection between the data terminal equipment (DTE) and the data communications equipment (DCE)
Frame Relay Standards and Equipment (continued)
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The physical equipment that is used on a network may vary from one organization to another Some routers have built-in cards that allow them to make WAN connections
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Frame Relay access device (FRAD)
Network device that connects to the Frame Relay switch Also known as Frame Relay assembler/disassembler
Frame Relay network device (FRND)

The Frame Relay switch
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Virtual Circuits
You can use Frame Relay with nearly any serial interface
Operates by multiplexing
Frame Relay separates each data stream into logical (software-maintained) connections
Called virtual circuits Which carry the data transferred on the connection
Two types of virtual circuits

Switched virtual circuits (SVC) Permanent virtual circuits (PVC)
DLCI
Frame relay connections identify virtual circuits by Data Link Connection Identifier (DLCI) numbers A DLCI number associates an IP address with a specific virtual circuit DLCI numbers have only local significance DLCI numbers are usually assigned by the Frame Relay provider
Most likely not the same on either side of the Frame Relay switch
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Frame Relay Map

Frame Relay map
A table in RAM that defines the remote interface to which a specific DLCI number is mapped
The definition will contain a DLCI number and an interface identifier

Which is typically a remote IP address
The Frame Relay map can be built automatically or statically depending on the Frame Relay topology
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Frame Relay Map (continued)

Subinterfaces
Virtual interfaces associated with a physical interface Created by referencing the physical interface followed by a period and a decimal number
For the purposes of routing, however, subinterfaces are treated as physical interfaces With subinterfaces, the cost of implementing multiple Frame Relay virtual circuits is reduced
Because only one port is required on the router
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LMI
LMI basically extended the functionality of Frame Relay by:
Making the DLCIs globally significant rather than locally significant Creating a signaling mechanism between the router and the Frame Relay switch, which could report on the status of the link Supporting multicasting
Providing DLCI numbers that are globally significant makes automatic configuration of the Frame Relay map possible
LMI (continued)
LMI uses keepalive packets to verify the Frame Relay link and to ensure the flow of data Each virtual circuit, represented by its DLCI number, can have one of three connection states:
Active Inactive Deleted
The Frame Relay switch reports this status information to the Frame Relay map on the local router
Inverse ARP
In multipoint configurations
Routers use the protocol Inverse ARP to send a query using the DLCI number to find a remote IP address
As other routers respond to the Inverse ARP queries, the local router can build its Frame Relay map automatically To maintain the Frame Relay map, routers exchange Inverse ARP messages every 60 seconds by default
Encapsulation Types
LMI has several different protocol encapsulation types that it can use for management communications Cisco routers support these types of LMI encapsulation:
cisco ansi q933a
Cisco routers (using IOS Release 11.2 or later) can autosense the LMI type used by the Frame Relay switch
Encapsulation Types (continued)

The basic LMI type has three information elements: report type, keepalive, and PVC status Information concerning the status of the virtual circuit:
New Active Receiver not ready Minimum bandwidth Global addressing Multicasting Provider-Initiated Status Update
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Encapsulation Types (continued)

Split horizon
Routing technique that reduces the chance of routing loops on a network Prevents routing update information received on one physical interface from being rebroadcast to other devices through that same physical interface People also refer to this rule as nonbroadcast multiaccess (NBMA) Can cause problems for Frame Relay routing updates
The best solution is to configure separate point-topoint subinterfaces for each virtual connection
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Performance Parameters
Service contract specifies parameters by which the connection is expected to function:
Access rate Committed Information Rate (CIR) Committed Burst Size (CBS) Excess Burst Size (EBS) Oversubscription
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Congestion
Frame Relay switches attempt to control congestion on the network When the Frame Relay switch recognizes congestion
Sends a forward explicit congestion notification (FECN) message to the destination router
In addition, the switch sends a backward explicit congestion notification (BECN) message to the transmitting, or source, router
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Frame Format
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Frame Relay Topologies

Frame Relay can use many different WAN topologies:
Peer (point-to-point) Star (hub and spoke) Partial mesh Full mesh physical
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Frame Relay Configuration

In this section, you will learn how to configure Frame Relay over serial interfaces
Using IP as the Network layer protocol
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Basic Multipoint Configuration with Two Routers

LMI will notify the router about the available DLCI numbers
Inverse ARP will build the Frame Relay map dynamically
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Basic Multipoint Configuration with Two Routers (continued)
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Multipoint Configuration Using a Subinterface

The Frame Relay map will have to be built statically on RouterA
To configure a multipoint subinterface, you map it to multiple remote routers using the same subnet mask, but different DLCI numbers
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Multipoint Configuration Using a Subinterface (continued)
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Point-to-Point Configuration Using Subinterfaces

Point-to-point Frame Relay configurations do not support Inverse ARP You will have to configure each subnet separately
Use the frame-relay interface-dlci command to associate the DLCI numbers with a specific subinterface
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Frame Relay Static Mapping

Sometimes you have to define the DLCI numbers manually
This is called making a static address to DLCI Frame Relay map
You statically configure your DLCI entries in the following situations:

The remote router does not support Inverse ARP You need to assign specific subinterfaces to specific DLCI connections You want to reduce broadcast traffic You are configuring OSPF over Frame Relay
Non-Cisco Routers
Non-Cisco routers use a different Frame Relay encapsulation than Cisco routers If you are configuring Cisco routers to connect to other Cisco routers
They will automatically use the Cisco Frame Relay encapsulation
If you are connecting a Cisco router to a non-Cisco router, you must specify ietf Frame Relay encapsulation using the following command:
RouterA(config-if)#encapsulation framerelay ietf
Keepalive Configuration
By default, keepalive packets are sent out every 10 seconds to the Frame Relay switch You can change the keepalive period by typing keepalive followed by the time in seconds
RouterA(config-if)#keepalive 15
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Monitoring Frame Relay

You can check your Frame Relay configuration by using show commands
These commands allow you to verify that the commands you previously entered produced the desired effect on your router
The most common show commands for monitoring Frame Relay operation are:
show show show show interface frame-relay pvc frame-relay map frame-relay lmi
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Summary
Many WAN connectivity options are available for modern networks, including digital lines, Frame Relay, and analog modems The Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP) is the most widely used WAN protocol today PPP provides link establishment, quality determination, Network layer protocol encapsulation, and link termination services Frame relay is a flexible WAN technology that can be used to connect two geographically separate LANs
Summary (continued)
Frame relay is both a service and type of encapsulation Service parameters for Frame Relay include the access rate, Committed Information Rate (CIR), Committed Burst Size (CBS), and Excess Burst Size (EBS) Frame relay connections employ virtual circuits that can be either permanent or switched Virtual circuit connections across Frame Relay connections are defined by Data Link Connection Identifier (DLCI) numbers
Summary (continued)
Most Frame Relay providers support LMI, which allows Frame Relay maps to be dynamically created via Inverse ARP Static mappings of DLCI numbers to remote IP addresses can be configured when routers do not support Inverse ARP Inverse ARP is not enabled on point-to-point links because only one path is available Frame relay circuits can be established over serial interfaces or subinterfaces on Cisco routers

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CCNA Guide to Cisco Networking Fundamentals

Chapter 11 PPP and Frame Relay

CCNA Guide to Cisco Networking Fundamentals, Fourth Edition

CCNA Guide to Cisco Networking Fundamentals, Fourth Edition

Serial Line Internet Protocol (SLIP) was the predecessor to PPP

CCNA Guide to Cisco Networking Fundamentals, Fourth Edition

PPP in the Protocol Stack

Link Control Protocol (LCP)

Network Control Protocols (NCPs)

PPP in the Protocol Stack (continued)

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CCNA Guide to Cisco Networking Fundamentals, Fourth Edition

Frame Format (continued)

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Frame Format (continued)

Includes the following actions:

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Establishing PPP Communications

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Establishing PPP Communications (continued)

After LCP has finished negotiating the configuration parameters

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Establishing PPP Communications (continued)

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Establishing PPP Communications (continued)

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Establishing PPP Communications (continued)

Confirming PPP Communications

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Establishing PPP Communications (continued)

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Frame Relay Standards and Equipment

ITU-T and ANSI define Frame Relay

Frame Relay Standards and Equipment (continued)

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Frame Relay Standards and Equipment (continued)

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Frame Relay Standards and Equipment (continued)

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Frame Relay Standards and Equipment (continued)

Frame Relay network device (FRND)

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Two types of virtual circuits

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Frame Relay Map

The definition will contain a DLCI number and an interface identifier

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Frame Relay Map (continued)

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Encapsulation Types (continued)

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Encapsulation Types (continued)

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Frame Relay Topologies

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