layer 2
RSS layer 2PLDT, the Leading Telecommunications Provider in the Philippines, Selects Allied Telesis Advanced Gigabit Switches for the Layer 2 Aggregation Requirements of Its Next Generation Network
White Paper Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company (PLDT) started out as a POTS (plain old telephone service) provider. The company needed a dramatic network bandwidth increase and security/confidentiality of subscriber's network traffic. [18 Jul 2008]
Progressive District Uses E-rate Funds to Implement a Network for the Future
White Paper El Monte wanted to replace its existing, outdated Layer 2 stackable switches with better, more richly-featured Layer 2 switches as part of a routine network upgrade. The district considered products from Cisco as well as other vendors, but... [18 Jul 2008]
Parc De Vilgenis College Selects Allied Telesis to Build a Powerful Network Connecting 3000 People and 11 Remote Buildings
White Paper Parc de Vilgenis College's network was a single non-segmented Layer 2 network. Parc de Vilgenis College's deployed Allied Telesis for its solution with a Layer 3 network, segmenting their network into Virtual LANs (VLANs) to optimize traffic flows... [18 Jul 2008]
Foundry and Mitel Deliver Scalable Voice and Data Solution for Large Medical Imaging Center
White Paper SDMI deployed Foundry's BigIron Layer 2/Layer 3 switches within two locations. Steinberg Diagnostic Medical Imaging (SDMI) Center is one of the largest outpatient medical imaging center in the United States. [18 Jul 2008]
Low Acquisition Cost, Advanced Features and Unparalleled Performance Equate With Faster ROI
White Paper It also needed to offer Cincinnati Bell the ability to carry its customers' Layer 2 traffic without necessitating any modification to the customer's physical network or configurations. Cincinnati Bell, a wholly owned subsidiary of Broadwing Inc.is... [18 Jul 2008]
London City Hall Gets High-Tech Makeover From Foundry and Mitel
White Paper As a solution London City Hall deployed Foundry BigIron 8000 Layer 3 switches form high-performance network core, FastIron Layer 2/3 switches deliver Gigabit Ethernet to desktops and Mitel Networks 3300 Integrated Communications Platform supports... [18 Jul 2008]
Forward-Thinking School District Learns How Affordable Layer 3 Can Be
White Paper The district jumped at the chance to deploy Layer 3 rather than the planned Layer 2 solution. Allied Telesyn's Rapier family of Layer 3 switch/routers forms the foundation for PPS to build the network infrastructure to its specific requirements. [18 Jul 2008]
White Paper: Why you should choose IBM BladeCenter S over HP c3000
White Paper Read this paper to see how IBM BladeCenter S provides greater capabilities--including 9 TB of flexible storage, low noise, a specialized rack with air filtration, and available layer 2-7 secure switching--at a lower price than HP Blade System c3000. [17 Jul 2008]
Securing Layer 2 in Local Area Networks
White Paper However, the Data Link Layer (Layer 2) security has not been adequately addressed yet. MACsec introduces a new tag field, Security TAG (SecTAG), in Layer 2 frames. This paper discusses the security concerns in Layer 2 and summarizes some of the... [11 Jul 2008]
Quality of Service Routing in MPLS Networks Using Delay and Bandwidth Constraints
White Paper Multi-Protocol Label Switching (MPLS) has been proposed as a new approach for integrating layer 3 routing with the layer 2 switching. It integrates the label swapping paradigm of layer 2 (e.g. ATM and Frame Relay) with the routing of layer 3 (e.g. [11 Jul 2008]
AdventNet Case Study: Allied Telesyn
White Paper With an increasing number of products ranging from media converters to layer 2-4 switches, Allied Telesyn had to provide a management platform that could work with all of their products so that their customers can centrally configure, monitor, and... [11 Jul 2008]
Growth in Bandwidth Demand Leads Wholesaler to Foundry
White Paper GlobalConnect, one of Europe's largest independent suppliers of fiber-optic infrastructure, is augmenting its existing circuit-switch-based infrastructure with one based on Foundry Networks Layer 2/Layer 3 FastIron Edge X Series. [11 Jul 2008]
Deploying Ethernet Access for Business Services
White Paper Recognizing the need to converge networks in the future, Swisscom made the decision to build a single Carrier Ethernet infrastructure that could simultaneously deliver both Layer 2 and Layer 3 Ethernet services with customer-managed or Swisscom... [11 Jul 2008]
Why Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) Should Be Used in IP-Based Networks
White Paper One method of enhancing IP-based networks is to combine elements of the Open System Interconnection Model (OSI), specifically between the Link Layer (Layer 2) and the Network Layer (layer 3). The demand for multimedia applications along with rapid... [11 Jul 2008]
Large-Scale Multi-Vendor Layer 2 VPNs With MPLS
White Paper The MPLS World Congress 2005 interoperability event has been organized by the MPLS & Frame Relay Alliance, and facilitated by the European Advanced Networking Test Center (EANTC) and the University of New Hampshire (INH-IOL). [10 Jul 2008]
