hey, John, I understand there is an update to RFC 2549, due out Real Soon Now, which might help you out here.
""John Neiberger"" wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > I'm just now digging deeper into current VPN technologies since I'm > researching Qwest's PRN service. I'm awaiting a definitive answer from them > but it appears that their PRN service is 2764-based, which apparently means > it does not use MPLS like 2547-based VPNs. I'm curious about the > implications of choosing one model over the other. > > I thought the market trend was toward MPLS-based VPNs but 2764 seems to > argue against that. What are the implications of choosing one model over the > other? Are there any major drawbacks to either one that the other > addresses? > > I'm also a little concerned about vendor choices. Nortel seems to be pushing > 2764, while Cisco and possibly Juniper are pushing 2547 and MPLS. Is that > correct? If so, is that really that important to the customer? > > Forgive me if these questions seem pretty vague. I'm still learning about > the technologies involved and I'm not very familiar with the specifics and > the terminology. > > I'll put in a plug here for Howard's book _Building Service Provider > Networks_. Among a number of things it discusses some of these VPN > technologies and has been very helpful the last couple of days during my > research. > > John Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=73052&t=73048 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
