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 ...

Plans to deploy virtual private networks using a new technology have sparked recent controversy, with the debate illustrating the need for technology managers to tune in to different ways carriers ...

DENVER — As extensions to the multiprotocol label switching standard make MPLS viable for virtual private network transport, experts are warning against taking the protocol too far, too fast. MPLS is ...

After years of criticizing a technology known as multiprotocol label switching, the long-distance carrier succumbs to market pressure and will offer MPLS virtual private networks. Marguerite Reardon ...

One of the most common questions that I am asked is what type of VPN an organization should deploy. So, in the hope that it will save some people some time, I thought I’d just go through some of the ...

SANTA CLARA, CALIF. — Extreme Networks Inc. this week will roll out a module that adds Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) to its BlackDiamond Ethernet metropolitan-area network (MAN) switch. Extreme ...