Command Reference Guide

212 ● link-protocol fr 3Com Router 5000 Family and Router 6000 Family
Command Reference
link-protocol fr
Purpose Use the link-protocol fr command to encapsulate interface link layer protocol
as Frame Relay.
Syntax link-protocol fr [ nonstandard | ietf ]
Parameters nonstandard
Nonstandard compatible encapsulation format.
ietf
Default encapsulation format according to the Internet
Engineering Task Force (IETF) standard.
Default By default, the link-layer protocol encapsulated on the interface is PPP, and the Frame
Relay encapsulation format is IETF.
Example Configure Frame Relay encapsulation on interface Serial1/0/0 and select the
nonstandard encapsulation compatible format.
[3Com-Serial1/0/0] link-protocol fr nonstandard
View This command can be used in the following views:
■ Interface view
Description In VRP, the Frame Relay encapsulation can be either ietf or nonstandard compatible
encapsulation (
nonstandard). IETF encapsulation conforms to RFC1490, that is, it
supports the IETF standard.
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