How I spent last summer: Converting MAX to 2547 VPNs Converting NGIX/DC atm to gige Dan Magorian Director, Engineering and Operations magorian@maxgigapop.net

So what are RFC 2547 L3 VPNs or, Why should you let MPLS onto your network?

•Probably everyone’s heard “fish problem” talks & knows about policy constrained routing issues. •Don’t want to bore everyone with fish again, or characterizations of atm/frame vs L2 vs L3 vpns. Many people have done that better than I could •This is from operational perspective: what caused MAX to convert to them, what are pros and cons, why regional (not just national) service providers might consider using them.

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