MPLS or Site2Site VPN

Tue Aug 30 18:49:33 UTC 2005

(sorry for the continuing top-post)  Speaking of Hub-and-Spokes,
what about Frame Relay (from a single provider that covers all
your states)?  I imagine that it's probably run over their own
backbone using MPLS anyway.

On Tue, Aug 30, 2005 at 05:00:56AM +0300, Kim Onnel wrote:
> 
> What about doing the VPN onver the internet, with IPSec tunnels
> terminated in a hub and spoke model, i dont know price wise, but it
> would work fine.
> 
> On 8/29/05, Todd Reed <treed at astate.edu> wrote:
> > 
> > I'm looking at connecting 15+ multi-state locations together to start
> > forming a private corporate network.  The sites are small with 25-30
> > devices.  I want to avoid direct-T1's due to cost, therefore I'm looking for
> > alternatives.  I know I can do site-to-site VPN, but I've also heard a lot
> > about MPLS and from what I've read, it may be a good option.  Over the next
> > year, we will be adding 5-10 more sites, so expansion is important.  I'm not
> > planning to do voice, but it may be an option in 2-3 years.  If anyone has
> > any suggestions on their experiences, I would greatly appreciate it.   
> > 
> > Thanks, 
> > 
> > Todd

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