Michael and Betsy,
Also see RFC 2764.
Cheers,
Andy
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At 12:02 PM 4/18/00 -0400, Michael B. Bellopede wrote:
Virtual Private Network (VPN) and a Virtual LAN (VLAN) are two unrelated
terms.
VPN deals with security and connecting nodes in a private network across a
public IP internetwork. Read RFC 1853 - IP Tunneling.
You can take one physical LAN and split it into multiple virtual LANs, or
you can take multiple physical LANs and integrate them into a VLAN. RFC
0824 is good reading.
Michael B. Bellopede
-----Original Message-----
From: Betsy Brennan [mailto:bbrennan(_at_)nbn(_dot_)net]
Sent: Monday, April 17, 2000 1:25 PM
To: ietf(_at_)ietf(_dot_)org
Subject: vLANs vs VPNs
Could anyone explain to me the difference between Virtual Privite
networks and Virtual LANs? Respectfully, Betsy B.
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