From the course: Networking Foundations: Local Area Networks (LANs) (2015)
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Interfacing with fiber optic cable in WAN applications - Windows Server Tutorial
From the course: Networking Foundations: Local Area Networks (LANs) (2015)
Interfacing with fiber optic cable in WAN applications
- [Instructor] A wide area network connection ties your LAN to the rest of the world, and much of this is done via fiber optic connections. Any Ethernet service, be it direct internet access, transport services like a point-to-point, or an MPLS LAN can be connected over fiber. Transport services are generally sold as rate limited gigabit connections. You plug the connection into a gigabit port, but the provider puts a software limit on how many megabits per second you can transfer across the link. A point-to-point link is generally a layer 2 connection, which means no routing takes place, packets go in one side and pop out the other. Multiprotocol Label Switching connections, or MPLS, are generally sold in a similar fashion as a point-to-point. An MPLS connection offers a higher level of service and thus costs more. MPLS really shines when multiple locations need to easily connect together. Since these connections are…
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