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Frame Relay LMI problems

lalsingh
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I am setting up a 1700 router to replace an oddball router. I have set the encapsulation, LMI type and DLCI number based on the router on the other end and MCI specs. Seems like the router sends LMI packets but get no response. MCI tech says he gets packets with CRC errors. He can loopback to the CSU/DSU without errors. I am not sure if I have a bad T1 (with integrated csu/dsu) or there is an external problem.

Relevant config below:

interface Serial0

no ip address

encapsulation frame-relay IETF

frame-relay lmi-type ansi

interface Serial0.1 point-to-point

bandwidth 128

ip address 192.168.254.40 255.255.255.0

frame-relay interface-dlci 17

SHOW COMMANDS

Serial0 is up, line protocol is down

Hardware is PQUICC with Fractional T1 CSU/DSU

MTU 1500 bytes, BW 1544 Kbit, DLY 20000 usec,

reliability 170/255, txload 1/255, rxload 1/255

Encapsulation FRAME-RELAY IETF, loopback not set

Keepalive set (10 sec)

LMI enq sent 52, LMI stat recvd 0, LMI upd recvd 0, DTE LMI down

LMI enq recvd 0, LMI stat sent 0, LMI upd sent 0

LMI DLCI 0 LMI type is ANSI Annex D frame relay DTE

Broadcast queue 0/64, broadcasts sent/dropped 1/0, interface broadcasts 0

Last input never, output 00:00:05, output hang never

Last clearing of "show interface" counters 00:20:05

Input queue: 0/75/0/0 (size/max/drops/flushes); Total output drops: 0

Queueing strategy: weighted fair

Output queue: 0/1000/64/0 (size/max total/threshold/drops)

Conversations 0/1/256 (active/max active/max total)

Reserved Conversations 0/0 (allocated/max allocated)

Available Bandwidth 1158 kilobits/sec

5 minute input rate 0 bits/sec, 0 packets/sec

5 minute output rate 0 bits/sec, 0 packets/sec

0 packets input, 0 bytes, 0 no buffer

Received 0 broadcasts, 0 runts, 0 giants, 0 throttles

4225891 input errors, 762 CRC, 967 frame, 0 overrun, 0 ignored, 4224170 abort

58 packets output, 1593 bytes, 0 underruns

0 output errors, 0 collisions, 37 interface resets

0 output buffer failures, 0 output buffers swapped out

3 carrier transitions

DCD=up DSR=up DTR=up RTS=up CTS=up

Serial0.1 is down, line protocol is down

Hardware is PQUICC with Fractional T1 CSU/DSU

Internet address is 192.168.254.40/24

MTU 1500 bytes, BW 128 Kbit, DLY 20000 usec,

reliability 170/255, txload 1/255, rxload 1/255

Encapsulation FRAME-RELAY IETF

sh frame-relay pvc

PVC Statistics for interface Serial0 (Frame Relay DTE)

Active Inactive Deleted Static

Local 0 0 1 0

Switched 0 0 0 0

Unused 0 0 0 0

DLCI = 17, DLCI USAGE = LOCAL, PVC STATUS = DELETED, INTERFACE = Serial0.1

input pkts 0 output pkts 6 in bytes 0

out bytes 865 dropped pkts 0 in FECN pkts 0

in BECN pkts 0 out FECN pkts 0 out BECN pkts 0

in DE pkts 0 out DE pkts 0

out bcast pkts 1 out bcast bytes 360

pvc create time 00:20:57, last time pvc status changed 00:01:56

sh frame-relay pvc

Serial0.1 (down): point-to-point dlci, dlci 17(0x11,0x410), broadcast

status deleted

sh frame-relay map

LMI Statistics for interface Serial0 (Frame Relay DTE) LMI TYPE = ANSI

Invalid Unnumbered info 0 Invalid Prot Disc 0

Invalid dummy Call Ref 0 Invalid Msg Type 0

Invalid Status Message 0 Invalid Lock Shift 0

Invalid Information ID 0 Invalid Report IE Len 0

Invalid Report Request 0 Invalid Keep IE Len 0

Num Status Enq. Sent 58 Num Status msgs Rcvd 0

Num Update Status Rcvd 0 Num Status Timeouts 57

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amit-singh
Level 8
Level 8

Hi,

Your output shows that you have a bad media as reliabiliti of the link is less than 50 %. You have to check this by using the local or remote loops. Do the following :

1 Take a local loop at your end and then try pinging your local serial IP. Check whether you have input errors/ CRC on that.

2. Take a remote loop from your MCI tech towards your end and do the same. You should get ping response fine when you are pinging your local with out any CRC.

3. Try the same in reverse order to check it at your other end.

HTH,

-amit singh