Monday, March 12, 2012

L2 and L3 VPN

1. What is the difference between L2 VPN and L3 VPN.

    L2 VPN 

  •        ISP devices forward the frames according to L2 information.    (DLCI,MAC,VLAN ID )
  •        Enterprise stays in control of L3 policies ( Routing , Q0S)
        
  L3 VPN

  •        ISP devices will forward the packets according to L3 information.( IP       addresses)
  •        ISP involved in Customer IP routing.
  •        IP specific
     

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