Frame Relay & Internet Services

[caijunjie]

Hi experts

I am new to WAN services and have some questions.

1. When I purchase frame relay circuits from the service providers, it will enable to form a WANs, question is

- if I want the internet access from the computer in the WAN, is it a seperate service from the providers ? Do we have to make any configuration to the router other than the frame relay configuration ?

Hope somebody can understand my question and advice me. :)

THanks in advance..

Alan

[Josef Oduwo]

You contract your service provider to provide you WAN connectivity between your sites via frame relay. Generally routers (can) act as frame relay switches but rather than go into it here, more information on frame relay is available here http://www.cisco.com/univercd/cc/td/doc/cisintwk/ito_doc/frame.htm, http://www.alliancedatacom.com/frame-relay-tutorials.asp.

Internet access is a seperate issue.

Cheers,

Josef.

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[caijunjie]

Hi Josef

Appreciate your fast response :) When u say internet access is a seperate issue,

1. So how do i get a high speed internet access ? Do i get it from the providers ? wat type of configuration do i need to configure on the routers ?

Pls advice .

THanks in advance.

[ggehle]

You can generally get internet access from either your frame relay provider or through an ISP (Internet Service Provider). There are pros and cons to either, which we could fill another thread with.

ETA: You clearly have some sort of internet access if you are posting to here. You might start with talking to that internet provider. Even if it is a dial-up internet provider, they may be able to provide you with high-speed access.