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 ...

In the last newsletter, we discussed the inconvenience of router misconfiguration and the percentage of problems it causes for outages in IP-based networks. In order to look at the security impact of ...

Based on its simplicity and low cost, Ethernet technology is expanding beyond its local-area network heritage to emerge as a compelling alternative to traditional frame relay/asynchronous transfer ...

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 ...

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 ...

We're in the process of switching to a new MPLS provider. With our old provider, we used point-to-point IP addresses between our CE and the PE in the RFC 1918 range. We also used only BGP AS numbers ...

The service, appropriately titled AT&T Network Based IP VPN, extends IP VPN services over the firm's Multi-Protocol Label Switching (MPLS) network. It was expected to be available to channel partners ...

7 Reasons to Not Use MPLS and 4 Better Alternatives Your email has been sent There are a few cases for using MPLS — but most have moved on from multiprotocol label switching and found a cheaper, more ...

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 ...

Based on its simplicity and low cost, Ethernet technology is expanding beyond its local-area network heritage to emerge as a compelling alternative to traditional frame relay/asynchronous transfer ...

Long-distance company Sprint Communications has been one of the most outspoken critics of a technology known as multiprotocol label switching, but now it seems Sprint is eating a bit of humble pie as ...