I have a main store that has 5 branches which are connected using frame-relay. Each has a cisco 1750 router with their own subnet. Everything is running great but there is one question. There is a server at the main store and the pc's from the other branches (subnets) connect to this server over the frame using map network drive in win98. If this mapping (say drive G) on the branch side sits idle for some length of time - the next time that they go and try to use a program that requires drive G an error comes up and says unavailable. We do not have keepalive set on any router. Do we need to set keepalive? Would this solve the problem? Thanks in advance.
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Keepalive
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if u are using some kind of LMI type, such as ANSI or Q.933a or CISCO, then u automatically have keep alive configured on your router....
enabling keepalive on a WAN interface automatically brings up your LMI [Link Management Interface]... but this LMI maintain and manages connections between your DTE [router] and the service provider's DCE [frame relay aggregator]..
if u need to configure application-level keepalives, then u might want to look at enabling a keepalive routine on your Windows boxes...
good luck...
enabling keepalive on a WAN interface automatically brings up your LMI [Link Management Interface]... but this LMI maintain and manages connections between your DTE [router] and the service provider's DCE [frame relay aggregator]..
if u need to configure application-level keepalives, then u might want to look at enabling a keepalive routine on your Windows boxes...
good luck...
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