However, we will not cover the concept of frame relay in this post. In this post, we will explain how to configure frame relay in gns3. This lab teaches ccna students how to configure framerelay switch out of the. Configuring a frame relay switch in gns3 is very easy. Cisco router as frame relay switch configuration gns3 academy. Configuring pointtopoint frame relay links free ccna workbook.
Tutorial for frame relay operation in cisco packet tracer 7. But because looks like you cannot edit the frame relay configuration, your lab is over and successful. Gns3 the software that empowers network professionals. In case of any problem regarding to fram relay configuration on cisco devices, ask your question through. To explain frame relay configuration, i will use packet tracer network simulator software. Notice that r1 will be framerelay switch in this lab so its interfaces dont need ip addresses. Framerelay, frame relay is a standardized wide area network technology that specifies the physical and data link layers of digital telecommunications channels using a. First we will configure the frame relay switch with the dlcis shown. Configure basic frame relay in part 3, you will configure frame relay on routers r1 and r3. We will use the following gns3 topology to configure frame relay. Frame relay configuring a frame relay switch in gns3 youtube. Transparent bridging over frame relay ppp over frame relay ospf over framerelay. Two routers in the middle of the topology are framerelay switches connected to the. But because looks like you cannot edit the framerelay configuration, your lab is over and successful.
Enarsi training frame relay pointtopoint subinterface gns3. First we will configure the frame relay switch with the dlcis shown above. Now, it is time to configure r1,r2,r3 serial interfaces. You decide to configure frame relay using the hub and spoke topology. After frame relay is configured, you will enable the eigrp routing protocol to provide endtoend connectivity. Frame relay configuring a frame relay switch in gns3 part 1 of 1 configuring a frame relay switch in gns3 is very easy. Establish a console session with devices r1, r2 and r3 than configure the devices respected hostnames. Considering the default framerelay switch in gns3 only support ansi, you have to change framerelay type in the router cisco to ansi because by default its. In this lab r1 will be configured as a framerelay switch so no ip address is required. Configure the fr1 switch as on the following screen. If you use gns3 you can use the simpletoconfigure framerelay switch emulator. The command framerelay route 102 interface serial01 201 means framerelay traffic come to r1 which has a dlci of 102 will be sent to interface serial01 with a dlci of 201. Before implementing frame relay configuration on the production network.
You just need to know which dlcis need to be assigned to each interface. I demonstrate how to setup frame relay using both the frame switch from gns3 and using a router with an hwic. Consider a scenario where xyz wan solutions has a central office that uses a highend cisco router to connect branch office routers using the. Configuring pointtopoint frame relay subinterfaces. Ccnp framerelay configuration lab hub and spoke gns3. Configuring a framerelay switch is outside the scope of the ccna, ccnp and even the ccie exam. Frame relay configuring a frame relay switch in gns3. Ospf over frame relay with network type point to multipoint. We assume that you have already familiar with the frame relay features and components. Try to configure the router 1, 2 and 3 with static routing or rip routing in order to communicate with each others if your lab wont work correctly, download the configured frame relay lab which work perfectly and troubleshoot frame relay. This command also enables frsw to function as a switch connected to a router.
If you are using gns3 than load the free ccna workbook gns3 topology than start devices. Data link connection identifiers dlcis are numbers that refer to paths through the frame relay network. Frame relay point to multipoint lab with eigrp, a video tutorial made in. Router configuration files gns3 topology with configuration files. This tutorial explains how to configure frame relay step by step. Download documentation community marketplace training. And the clock rate is necessary on the dce end of the connection so we have to put it here but in fact not all ios versions require this, you can check or verify the dce and clock rate with the show. We will use a router r5 to simulate the frame relay switch instead of using a frame relay switch in gns3. Configure r1 serial00 interface to encapsulate traffic using frame relay.