Metro Ethernet services are fairly well established and understood.
In moving to a WAN Ethernet service, what are the most important similarities and differences? How do you help users with this transition?
Ethernet is a proven technology that is used within the LAN and Metro because of its simplicity, low cost, high speed and multivendor interoperability.
The scalability and high performance of Ethernet over longer distances, along with its ability to outperform traditional Frame Relay and private line ATM networks, is driving the adoption of Ethernet as a WAN technology. Large multinational enterprises are increasingly seeking to build ‘all Ethernet’ networks across the globe, enabling the extension of LANs across fully accessible Ethernet WANs.
MASERGY was the first service provider to offer Ethernet as a global service, and leverages that experience to help businesses deploy Ethernet WANs around the world. We even pioneered delivering global Ethernet services to any business location regardless of the availability of native local Ethernet facilities.
MASERGY offers global Ethernet as a Layer 3 Private IP service or, more commonly, as a Layer 2 virtual private LAN service (VPLS). VPLS is a Layer 2 transport technology that provides a virtual private network (VPN) across a shared network infrastructure for secure, cost-effective networking.
Whether you choose a Layer 2 or a Layer 3 VPN, all of our global Ethernet VPNs have five quality of service (QoS) levels available, including separate QoS levels for voice and video. To further reduce network costs, we encourage customers to run their Public IP (Internet) traffic on the same circuit at no additional charge.
Metro Ethernet is focused on providing broad and compatible Ethernet connectivity options across a metro area. Depending upon implementation, typically switched and/or contended, it might not be completely transparent in regard to L2 protocols and QoS. Metro Ethernet, as defined by the MEF, is also limited to a single QoS implementation per Layer2 circuit. This is not always advantageous to the end-user.
WAN Ethernet is a point-to-point use case with higher bandwidth requirements, but potentially different physical attributes (e.g. LAN-PHY and WAN-PHY support) depending upon implementation. It is required to be completely transparent for L2,QoS markings and typically supports jumbo-frames.
Ethernet is a proven technology that is used within the LAN and Metro because of its simplicity, low cost, high speed and multivendor interoperability.
The scalability and high performance of Ethernet over longer distances, along with its ability to outperform traditional Frame Relay and private line ATM networks, is driving the adoption of Ethernet as a WAN technology. Large multinational enterprises are increasingly seeking to build ‘all Ethernet’ networks across the globe, enabling the extension of LANs across fully accessible Ethernet WANs.
MASERGY was the first service provider to offer Ethernet as a global service, and leverages that experience to help businesses deploy Ethernet WANs around the world. We even pioneered delivering global Ethernet services to any business location regardless of the availability of native local Ethernet facilities.
MASERGY offers global Ethernet as a Layer 3 Private IP service or, more commonly, as a Layer 2 virtual private LAN service (VPLS). VPLS is a Layer 2 transport technology that provides a virtual private network (VPN) across a shared network infrastructure for secure, cost-effective networking.
Whether you choose a Layer 2 or a Layer 3 VPN, all of our global Ethernet VPNs have five quality of service (QoS) levels available, including separate QoS levels for voice and video. To further reduce network costs, we encourage customers to run their Public IP (Internet) traffic on the same circuit at no additional charge.
Metro Ethernet is focused on providing broad and compatible Ethernet connectivity options across a metro area. Depending upon implementation, typically switched and/or contended, it might not be completely transparent in regard to L2 protocols and QoS. Metro Ethernet, as defined by the MEF, is also limited to a single QoS implementation per Layer2 circuit. This is not always advantageous to the end-user.
WAN Ethernet is a point-to-point use case with higher bandwidth requirements, but potentially different physical attributes (e.g. LAN-PHY and WAN-PHY support) depending upon implementation. It is required to be completely transparent for L2,QoS markings and typically supports jumbo-frames.