[c-nsp] Safe to enable CEF on live 3725 production router?

[Lincoln Dale (ltd)]

> > by the symptoms, I'd say its more likely that the router's ATM
shaping
> > (either at remote office or central office, or both) doesn't match
what
> > your telco is providing, so they are dropping traffic.
> 
> 	I would second these symptoms. In my experience, if some of the
> cells were
> dropped in the cloud, you should see some CRC errors on the other side
(in
> heavily oversubscribed links). Are you seeing any of these?

you won't necessarily see CRC errors.
for example, if you're doing AAL5, the ATM cloud can actually drop whole
IP packets rather than just ATM cells (IP packet fragments).

> 	In any case, try lowering down shaping settings on both ends and
see
> what
> happens.

indeed.
or - call your telco & ask them to verify that they aren't seeing any
'drops' - if your shaping is configured coorectly, there is NEVER any
need for the ATM cloud to police/drop any traffic.


cheers,

lincoln.