dengan frame relay bridging 2 host yang berjauhan dapat terhubung seolah-olah dalam satu LAN dengan alamat subnet yang sama.
integrated routing bridging (irb) menjadikan router untuk melakukan bridging namun tetap melakukan routing.
R1(config)#bridge irb
R1(config)#bridge 1 protocol ieee
R1(config)#bridge 1 route ip
R1(config)#interface f0/0
R1(config-if)#bridge-group 1
R1(config-if)#no shut
R1(config)#interface s1/0
R1(config-if)#bridge-group 1
R1(config-if)#encapsulation frame-relay
diperlukan mapping bridge ke DLCI,
R1(config-if)#frame-relay map bridge 102 broadcast
R1(config-if)#no shut
R1(config-if)#interface bvi1
R1(config-if)#ip add 192.168.1.10 255.255.255.0
R2(config)#bridge irb
R2(config)#bridge 1 protocol ieee
R2(config)#bridge 1 route ip
R2(config)#interface f0/0
R2(config-if)#bridge-group 1
R2(config-if)#no shut
R2(config-if)#interface s1/0
R2(config-if)#encapsulation frame-relay
R2(config-if)#bridge-group 1
R2(config-if)#frame-relay map bridge 201 broadcast
R2(config-if)#no shut
R2(config-if)#interface bvi1
R2(config-if)#ip add 192.168.1.20 255.255.255.0
Konfig IP address vpcs
VPCS[1]> ip 192.168.1.1 24
PC1 : 192.168.1.1 255.255.255.0
VPCS[1]> 2
VPCS[2]> ip 192.168.1.2 24
PC2 : 192.168.1.2 255.255.255.0
VPCS[2]> ping 192.168.1.1
192.168.1.1 icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=0.774 ms
192.168.1.1 icmp_seq=2 ttl=64 time=0.776 ms
192.168.1.1 icmp_seq=3 ttl=64 time=1.485 ms
192.168.1.1 icmp_seq=4 ttl=64 time=1.347 ms
192.168.1.1 icmp_seq=5 ttl=64 time=0.940 ms