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Last Updated: Dec 15, 2004

Lately we've been hearing a lot about MPLS. It provides many benefits, including support for IP VPN, traffic engineering, and IP/ATM integration, but is it right for your network?
>>	Learn more about MPLS and other VPN technologies from our VPN expert, Jack Keane.

Traffic Engineering with MPLS: Quality of service

(02 Jul 2003)

This chapter excerpt focuses on quality of service (QoS) in traffic engineering, specifically covering the DiffServ architecture and interaction, EXP for packet forwarding, the Modular QoS CLI, and the emerging DiffServ-Aware Traffic Engineering devices. Learn how these can be used to further optimize your network performance.

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NEWS:
>>	Network Management, MIBs and MPLS: Principles, Design and Implementation (Prentice Hall Professional Technical Reference ) 30 Jun 2003
>>	MPLS and VPN Architectures: Multicast VPN (Cisco Press) 10 May 2003
>>	Interworking tops MPLS/Frame Relay Alliance list (Light Reading) 01 Jul 2003
>>	VPN adoption booms with SSL, Cipe and MPLS (Computer Weekly) 17 Jun 2003
>>	Lower costs and extra flexibility -- the IP VPN promise (Silicon.com) 20 May 2003
>>	MPLS VPNs gaining ground (Light Reading) 20 May 2003
>>	Multiprotocol label switching moves to VPN duties (CommsDesign ) 11 Oct 2002


ADVICE:
>>	MPLS VPNs TIP :VPN tunnels are helpful, but if you need multiple endpoints take a look at MPLS.
>>	Selecting MPLS VPN service providers TIP :Considerations for selection.
>>	The MPLS/VPN architecture TIP :How to combine the best of overlay and peer-to-peer VPNs.
>>	MPLS brings new functionality to IP TIP :MPLS allows for the creation of low cost VPNs, but some say this is at the price of security.
>>	Does MPLS provide better VPN services than others? ASK THE EXPERTS :Does MPLS provide better VPN services than others? What is the future of MPLS VPNs?
>>	L2TPv3 tunneling compared to MPLS ASK THE EXPERTS :What is your opinion on L2TPv3 tunneling compared to MPLS? What are the advantages, and what are the drawbacks? What is your ...
>>	VPN encryption possibilities ASK THE EXPERTS :I work as an IT Audit Project Manager and I am running into some confusion on VPN and the actual transmission of data in the ...
>>	Frame IP ASK THE EXPERTS :Is there such a thing called Frame IP?
>>	Does MPLS have any special effect on AD? ASK THE EXPERTS :I've not had any luck finding anyone who has deployed Active Directory on an MPLS network. Does MPLS have any special effect ...
>>	State of the market for MPLS ASK THE EXPERTS :MPLS is now on the market, many of the proposed standards are working, it works at the Inter-op bake-offs, and systems are ...


WHITE PAPERS:
>>	What is MPLS?
>>	MPLS's newest application: Layer-2 VPNs
>>	Layer 3 switching using MPLS
>>	A comparison between IPsec and Multiprotocol Label Switching virtual private networks
>>	Advanced MPLS Design and Implementation; Chapter 7
>>	MPLS and VPN Architectures; Chapter 8

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