Recently, a reader wrote to tell me about the big relief he felt when he bought a Layer 3 MPLS VPN service. With such a site-to-site service, one option is to peer the WAN routers at customer sites ...

Part I is a practical guide for using IPsec, MPLS Layer 3, L2TPv3, L2TPv2, AToM and SSL VPNs, so start here and then enjoy this segment. Service Provider Provisioned Site-to-Site VPNs Service provider ...

One of the most compelling drivers for MPLS in service provider networks is its support for Virtual Private Networks (VPNs), in which the provider’s customers can connect geographically diverse sites ...

MPLS VPN is one of the most efficient VPN infrastructures that allows the usage of multiple protocol switching techniques to provide its services. It primarily consists of a number of sites that are ...

Multi-protocol label switching (MPLS) is a standards-based technology used to optimise the intelligence and enhance the services available on internet protocol (IP) communication networks. While the ...

Joel Snyder, Ph.D., is a senior IT consultant with 30 years of practice. An internationally recognized expert in the areas of security, messaging and networks, Dr. Snyder is a popular speaker and ...

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EMC Corp. this week will seek to convince network services providers that it understands their key problems when it launches the next generations of its acquired Smarts MPLS Manager. In its first ...

The border gateway protocol (BGP) supports multiple services across a single BGP connection. This multiplexing of BGP information on a single connection allows thousands of virtual private networks ...

North America (US, Canada, Mexico), Europe (Eastern Europe [Poland, Romania, Hungary, Turkey, Rest of Eastern Europe] Western Europe [Germany, France, UK, Italy ...