Cell Relay Archive

[Paul Woodford <p.woodford@centralservices.co.uk>]

Jerry
Yea we use SMDS within the UK....I think some European contries have SMDS
services but no interconnection ! My thoughts are they will probably concentrate
on ATM services ?

Do you have a copy of the article you can mail me ?

Cheers
Paul

Jerry Mendes wrote:

> There aren't many hints to give because it is so simple to configure.
> Essentially, all you have to do is define a unicast and multicast E.164
> address for each interface.  The carrier (BT in your case) should provide
> you with the addresses -- they look like international telephone numbers,
> with the UKs "44" the first two digits.  No PVCs, no SVCs, no CIRs, none of
> that.
>
> May I ask you a question:  are you using SMDS strictly within the UK, or are
> you using it for international communications?  I'm intellectually curious,
> because I teach a class offered by our company, "Using Frame Relay, ATM, and
> SMDS in your Wide Area Network" and I authored an article on international
> SMDS for Network Magazine several years ago.
>
> Paul Woodford wrote:
>
> > Hi
> > Can any one point me to some good reference material regarding SMDS Also
> > any hints on configuring SMDS
> >
> > Cheers
> > Paul