
Configuring Data Compression Services
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Frame Relay Services
You can use software (WCP only) or hardware data compression with frame relay.
You can use compression with some virtual circuits (VCs), and not with others, as
you choose, both for regular frame relay VCs, and for those you configure in
hybrid mode. You can also use compression with dial-on-demand and dial backup
services.
You must enable compression on both sides of a frame relay link. If you enable
data compression on only one side of the link, data transmission occurs, but in
uncompressed form.
Frame Relay Hybrid Access
Hybrid access enables you to combine bridging and routing over a single frame
relay interface.
When you enable data compression for frame relay on a hybrid circuit, both the
bridged and the routed traffic over that circuit are compressed. Note that
compression applies only to the hybrid permanent virtual circuit (PVC), and not to
the other PVCs from the main circuit, unless you also enabled compression for
those interfaces. Conversely, if you enable data compression for other PVCs, but
not on a PVC you configured for hybrid mode, the hybrid circuit does not use
compression.
Frame Relay Dial-on-Demand
Frame relay enables you to configure dial-on-demand service.
Dial-on-demand
enables the router to activate a dial-up line only when there is data to send or when
you configure the router to force the activation of a dial-up line. Using frame relay
dial-on-demand ensures that you establish connections only when you need them,
as opposed to using leased lines, which are active regardless of data activity. This
helps you reduce line costs.
Frame Relay Dial Backup
Frame relay enables you to configure
dial backup
service. If a primary frame relay
circuit fails and you enable dial backup, the router automatically establishes a
backup circuit. The backup circuit can be a PPP circuit, a frame relay circuit that
uses direct mode (a service record with only one PVC), or a frame relay circuit
that uses group mode (a service record with two or more PVCs).
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