AVPN or MPLS

Question 1

What is a AVPN?

Answer 1

AT&T Virtual Private Network. It is a network that allows you to connect to an office or organizations’ internal LAN or internal infrastructure through the internet.

Question 2

What are the security features of a VPN?

Answer 2

Tunneling, creates a tunnel through the routers of the AT&T internet backbone. Data is encrypted within the tunnel and delivered to it’s destination(typically an internal network or LAN). A tunnel can reroute itself if it thinks there is a hacking attempt.

Question 3

Are VPN’s proprietary?

Answer 3

Yes. Access to VPN’s are via proprietary access routers.

Question 4

What products does AVPN replace?

Answer 4

PNT or Private Network Transport.

Question 5

What is MPLS?

Answer 5

Multi Protocol Label Switching. This is networking product that provides similar security and feature of the AVPN. MPLS allows for Quality of Service(QOS), meaning transmitted data is labeled with a header and prioritized over data that is less important(voice data is more important than web surfing).