[83878] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: MPLS or Site2Site VPN
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Kim Onnel)
Tue Aug 30 10:04:08 2005
Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2005 17:00:56 +0300
From: Kim Onnel <karim.adel@gmail.com>
To: Todd Reed <treed@astate.edu>
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <892CC2C451D0414B90159D10B5BDAA650247133B@EXCHANGE.astate.edu>
Errors-To: owner-nanog@merit.edu
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@astate.edu> wrote:
> =20
> =20
>=20
> 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 lo=
t
> about MPLS and from what I've read, it may be a good option. Over the ne=
xt
> 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 ha=
s
> any suggestions on their experiences, I would greatly appreciate it. =20
>=20
> =20
>=20
> Thanks,=20
>=20
> Todd
