[c-nsp] Link encryption and scalability kit etc

[Nick Cutting]

Thank you all for your replies.

Can anyone elaborate on the type 4 vs type 5 type L2 over MPLS part here - and which would not work - I'm guessing type 5 would be more compatible?

We buy a mix of both types - controlled by our upstream providers.
We get some circuits delivered on a trunk up to the ISP - which then breakout via vlan to different customers, I'm guessing these are type 4.

I don't have the kit to test this at present - simulating the ISP L2 connection.

Thanks

Nick

From: Alan Buxey [mailto:A.L.M.Buxey at lboro.ac.uk]
Sent: Friday, May 6, 2016 6:15 PM
To: Nick Cutting; Darin Herteen; cisco-nsp at puck.nether.net; Saku Ytti
Subject: Re: [c-nsp] Link encryption and scalability kit etc

Slightly larger frames and a bit more config. In terms of throughput its line speed or near enough to not distinguish....we're doing it on 10Gb links.

Be aware though that any WAN carriers that might be doing tagged MPLS stuff have to support the protocol.... our initial circuit was such and MACSEC didn't work - temp fix was ipsec/gre.

alan
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