Why a hotel is analogous to a network resource.

It’s a hotel! The IP address is the street address of the resource and the ports are the individual rooms you go to ask for specific resources. If you go to a website the following analogy plays out:

Why I love long-distance Layer 2

There has been a growing number of providers offering “layer 2” links under a number of different names. You may have heard of ELan, ELine, and TLS connections to name a few. While most implementations I have seen use a simple routed network configuration we can unlock so much more. In its simplest description you… Continue reading Why I love long-distance Layer 2

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