SONET payload scrambling in IOS and JUNOS: http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/127/POS/flag_byte.html http://www.juniper.net/techpubs/software/nog/nog-interfaces/html/sonet-payload-scrambling3.html 7505 to m7i: interfaces { so-0/2/0 { sonet-options { fcs 32; payload-scrambler; } unit 0 { family inet { address 172.16.18.3/24; } } } interface POS0/0/0 ip address 172.16.18.5 255.255.255.0 encapsulation ppp crc 32 pos scramble-atm pos flag c2 207 <--- 0xCF not 0x16 (22) in this IOS ! Inuyasha#sh ver | inc IOS IOS (tm) RSP Software (RSP-PV-M), Version 12.2(18)S5, RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc1)