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interface serial0.5 point-<strong>to</strong>-point<br />

ip address 172.16.26.13 255.255.255.252<br />

description PVC <strong>to</strong> Catwoman<br />

frame-relay interface dcli 78<br />

Multipoint VC Topology<br />

Multipoint VC implementations (both grouped and point-<strong>to</strong>-multipoint), although<br />

more cost effective, are just not as common as point-<strong>to</strong>-point. This is partly because<br />

not all FR providers provide multipoint service, because it requires a degree of<br />

configuration and management involvement beyond <strong>the</strong> standard PVC service<br />

model. It is also because point-<strong>to</strong>-point requires far more involvement with <strong>the</strong> FR<br />

provider than most <strong>network</strong> engineers are comfortable with (this is even more so<br />

when <strong>the</strong> endpoints involved are international). Figure 9.6 illustrates a FR<br />

multipoint group implementation based on <strong>the</strong> <strong>to</strong>pology used in <strong>the</strong> previous<br />

point-<strong>to</strong>-point example. The illustration is followed by <strong>the</strong> interface configurations<br />

from <strong>the</strong> routers batman and robin.

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