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DLCI – data link connection identifier

Published July 2, 2001 12:00 am

Data link connection identifier (DLCI) is a number of a private or switched virtual circuit in a Frame Relay network that tells the Frame Relay how to route the data. The DLCI field identifies which logical circuit the data travels over.

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