[nsp] Bridging VLANs to WAN customers

[Troy Cobb]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Robert A. Hayden [mailto:rhayden at geek.net]
>
> We also have about 30-40 WAN customers that we are currently 
> serving with
> ATM links over T1 and T3 connections.  Given the immense desire to "do
> away"  with all of the ATM, I'm wondering what the current 
> thinking is on
> how to extend Layer2 connectivity down to the other end of a T1
> connection.  Most of these connections will need at least 4 to 6 VLANs
> trunked down to them.


What we've done is to use frame-relay encapsulation for the WAN links
and then map DLCI's to VLAN tags.


- Troy Cobb
  EVP/CTO
  RocketLauncher, Inc.