Leased Lines are symmetric dedicated point-to-point connections. By linking leased lines together it is possible to create a Wide Area Network (WAN) that links multiple sites together. A common leased line networking topology is ‘hub and spoke’. Think of a bicycle wheel. There are a number of locations around the rim that are joined by
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Leased line WAN connections enable you to link your business’s sites together. One way to do this would be to give each office a leased line. Each leased line would connect to your WAN provider’s nearest point of presence. Your WAN provider would link the leased lines together – using its core network – in
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There are two main ways to link two sites together with a leased line. One is to use a point-to-point leased line. The other is to use a somewhat more complicated topology. Typically if you want to link two locations together your provider will get two leased line circuits. One from Point A to their
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A virtual leased line is an apparent point-to-point ethernet leased line that uses pseudo-wire encapsulation for transporting Ethernet traffic over an MPLS tunnel across an MPLS core network. Now I know what you’re thinking. You’re thinking “What’s that in English?” A Simple Example of a Virtual Leased Line Imagine that you have two offices. One
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