Re: (PM) LIVINGSTON: Data Compression over FR with OR-LS routers (fwd)

Stephen Fisher (lithium@cia-g.com)
Tue, 3 Feb 1998 21:53:08 -0700

Ciscos can do "payload" compression even over frame-relay links using STAC.

Something to look into?

On Tue, Feb 03, 1998 at 03:55:54PM -0800, MegaZone wrote:
> Once upon a time Tom shaped the electrons to say...
> > STAC is not supported on the OR-LS yet. When it is, it should work on
> >links up to 128k (perhaps a bit faster). Anything higher than 128k will
> >be too much for the router CPU.
>
> Note that Stac is tied to CCP, which is part of PPP. We do not do
> data compression over Frame Relay.
>
> We'll confirm support up to 128K as we designed it for BRI. It will
> probably work at higher levels, but we can't say where it will max out
> a this time. 256? 384? *shrug*
>
> -MZ
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