Part III: Wide-Area Networks

Chapter 13: Implementing Point-to-Point WANs

Chapter 14: Private WANs with Ethernet and MPLS

Chapter 15: Private WANs with Internet VPNs

Part III Review

The world of networking offers a large variety of wide-area network (WAN) options. Part III of this book looks at one long-available option, in Chapter 13, breaking down the idea of a serial link and the protocols that control those links. Chapter 14 then moves on to the more common private WAN technologies seen today, namely Metro Ethernet and MPLS. Part III closes with Chapter 15, which examines how a company can use the Internet to create a private WAN using Virtual Private Network (VPN) technology. Chapter 15 goes into some implementation depth with two protocols ...

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