Payload Compression Serial Links


Scenario:

You are the owner of a small ISP company located in The Netherlands. Most of the equipment you have running is fairly old and you have multiple different serial links in use. Bandwidth is an issue and since you don’t have the budget to replace any links you are looking for a cheaper solution…think you can compress things?

Goal:

  • All IP addresses have been preconfigured for you.
  • Configure PPP encapsulation between router Lloyd and Carter.
  • Configure HDLC encapsulation between router Carter and Griggs.
  • Configure frame-relay encapsulation between router Griggs and Wolner.
  • Configure LZS compression on the PPP link.
  • Configure STACKER compression on the HDLC link.
  • Configure packet-by-packet compression on the frame-relay link.

IOS:

c3640-jk9s-mz.124-16.bin

Topology:

Payload Compression Serial Links

Video Solution:

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Written by René Molenaar - CCIE #41726

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1 Comment

  1. Lloyd(config-if)#do sh compress
    Serial0/0
    Software compression enabled
    uncompressed bytes xmt/rcv 1638/1977
    compressed bytes xmt/rcv 578/582
    Compressed bytes sent: 578 bytes 0 Kbits/sec ratio: 2.833
    Compressed bytes recv: 582 bytes 0 Kbits/sec ratio: 3.396
    1 min avg ratio xmt/rcv 3.289/4.993
    5 min avg ratio xmt/rcv 1.820/2.995
    10 min avg ratio xmt/rcv 1.820/2.995
    no bufs xmt 0 no bufs rcv 0
    resyncs 0
    =============================================================
    Carter(config-if)#do sh compress
    Serial0/0
    Software compression enabled
    uncompressed bytes xmt/rcv 1148/1128
    compressed bytes xmt/rcv 459/435
    Compressed bytes sent: 459 bytes 0 Kbits/sec ratio: 2.501
    Compressed bytes recv: 435 bytes 0 Kbits/sec ratio: 2.593
    1 min avg ratio xmt/rcv 1.860/2.436
    5 min avg ratio xmt/rcv 1.623/2.306
    10 min avg ratio xmt/rcv 1.623/2.306
    no bufs xmt 0 no bufs rcv 0
    resyncs 0
    Serial0/1
    Software compression enabled
    uncompressed bytes xmt/rcv 817/817
    compressed bytes xmt/rcv 492/486
    Compressed bytes sent: 492 bytes 0 Kbits/sec ratio: 1.660
    Compressed bytes recv: 486 bytes 0 Kbits/sec ratio: 1.681
    1 min avg ratio xmt/rcv 1.237/1.205
    5 min avg ratio xmt/rcv 1.237/1.205
    10 min avg ratio xmt/rcv 1.237/1.205
    no bufs xmt 0 no bufs rcv 0
    resyncs 0
    Additional Stac Stats:
    Transmit bytes: Uncompressed = 120 Compressed = 492
    Received bytes: Compressed = 510 Uncompressed = 0
    ================================================================
    Griggs#sh compress
    Serial0/0
    Software compression enabled
    uncompressed bytes xmt/rcv 817/817
    compressed bytes xmt/rcv 486/492
    Compressed bytes sent: 486 bytes 0 Kbits/sec ratio: 1.681
    Compressed bytes recv: 492 bytes 0 Kbits/sec ratio: 1.660
    1 min avg ratio xmt/rcv 1.163/1.153
    5 min avg ratio xmt/rcv 1.163/1.153
    10 min avg ratio xmt/rcv 1.163/1.153
    no bufs xmt 0 no bufs rcv 0
    resyncs 0
    Additional Stac Stats:
    Transmit bytes: Uncompressed = 160 Compressed = 486
    Received bytes: Compressed = 516 Uncompressed = 0

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