Since there's been data networking, there's been a debate between switched and routed architectures-stated in OSI terms, between performing functions at Layer 2 or Layer 3. As technologies change, the ...

Mentor Graphics Accelerated Technology division has added the Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol (L2TP) software to its Nucleus RTOS for use in building data-sensitive VPN applications. According Robert Day, ...

Microsoft plans this summer to offer special licenses to users who want to run the Beta 2 version of the Longhorn Server operating system in specific roles within their networks. Layer 2 VPN services ...

RtBrick today announced that it has added support for Layer-2 Ethernet VPN (EVPN) services. Now, using RtBrick’s disaggregated routing software, an op ...

Two proprietary approaches All Layer 2 Data Center Interconnect technologies discussed so far are industry standards. Let us now look into two innovative proprietary technologies from Cisco.

On iPhones running iOS 8 or earlier, VPNs are more likely to use the Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol (L2TP), which is secure but slower than PPTP. Newer VPNs on iPhone often use Internet Key Exchange ...

CALABASAS, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 11, 2005--Ixia (Nasdaq:XXIA), a leading, global provider of IP network testing solutions, announced today that its IxAccess(TM) test application has extended ...