Questions to ask about MPLS managed services when getting MPLS quotes
While managed services make MPLS network operations much easier for most companies, when deciding on what carrier to contract with, there are some questions to ask. Some are common sense and others many people don’t consider: Will you manage routers that our company owns? If renting or leasing routers, how are they configured, staged and shipped? Is […]
Can we use our OC-3 or OC-12 Sonet Ring instead of local loops for MPLS?
Every MPLS network requires a local loop to connect from the carrier POP to the customer facilities. Depending on your distance from the POP, the loop cost increases in a relatively linear fashion. Some companies with multiple buildings or campuses in a city may have OC-3 or OC-12 SONET networks in operation. If these networks run to […]
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Two things to consider when obtaining MPLS quotes and contracts
We’re presently working with a client that will ultimately have forty locations worldwide connecting via their global MPLS network. Implementing such a network takes some time, as you can imagine. But when negotiating your service agreement, many companies do not pay attention to this particular issue. The MPLS price quotation cannot be viewed in a vacuum, since […]
How to extend a T1 or E1 demark
This posting to geared to anyone caught in a pinch because the local loop provider has simply installed to a punch-block, instead of installing the more commonly installed Smart-Jack for a demarkation point. Remember: in most cases YOU must extend your demark to your computer room. 1. Use an RJ48X since it has a shorting bar […]
Basic MPLS Peering
The point at which an interconnection between two different MPLS networks is made is referred to as an MPLS Exchange Point (MEP). A straightforward MEP would be at the customer premises. The customer must know what the COS markings mean on each side of the MEP and how to configure the interconnection router to apply them. The […]
What is a Pseudowire?
A Psuedowire is an industry term for transport of any frames over an MPLS network using MPLS to encapsulate and LDP as a signalling mechanism. Cisco calls this AToM for Any Transport over MPLS and this is the building block of Layer 2 VPNs over MPLS. Luca Martini, originally of Level 3 and later at Cisco had […]
Can I have Internet access and my MPLS network on the same T1?
This morning, a call came from an IT consultant that has a client with eight locations in the USA. His client needs MPLS for their wide area network, but their budget was such that he was concerned if they could afford it. He asked “Can I have Internet access and the MPLS VPN network on the same […]
How do I calculate the SLA from carrier provided numbers?
Service Level Agreements are important to compare when you are pricing your MPLS wide area network. The problem is that many carriers utilize different cities to base their latency statistics. This can make a precise comparison challenging. When obtaining quotations from different carriers, one needs to “normalize” the SLA numbers to provide our clients a better comparison. […]
I need a 100ms connection from Boston to China!
This morning, we received a call from a company that does software development in China, with their base of operations in the Boston area. Today, they use a VPN over the internet and the performance is poor. “We need latency of less than 100ms” I was told. I explained that the distance is so great, that […]
