{"id":7050,"date":"2014-06-06T18:51:51","date_gmt":"2014-06-06T18:51:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/aerocominc.com\/?p=7050"},"modified":"2015-05-07T15:57:26","modified_gmt":"2015-05-07T22:57:26","slug":"why-you-should-move-your-business-to-mpls-network-from-a-vpn-network","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.aerocominc.com\/info\/why-you-should-move-your-business-to-mpls-network-from-a-vpn-network\/","title":{"rendered":"Why You Should Move Your Business to MPLS Network from a VPN Network"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"Choosing an MPLS Provider\" href=\"http:\/\/aerocominc.com\/white-paper\/choosing-an-mpls-provider\/\"><strong>Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) <\/strong><\/a>can be a powerful tool for any network<strong>. <\/strong>It is best described as a layer 2.5 networking protocol. So, <strong>MPLS<\/strong> sits between the traditional layers of layer 2 (such as Ethernet) and layer 3 (IP protocols) and provides additional feature for the transport of data across the network.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Virtual private networks (VPN<\/strong><strong>) <\/strong>are point-to-point connections across a private or public network (internet) which uses a special TCP\/IP-based protocol to make a virtual call to a virtual port on a VPN server.<\/p>\n<p>If you are looking for a technology with a better quality of service for voice, data and video traffic then you should consider MPLS. MPLS also has better flexibility and can provide the customer with a variety of bandwidth options as well as routing options between locations.<\/p>\n<p>The security with a MPLS network is vastly greater than with a VPN network.\u00a0 MPLS networks are harder for attackers to reach the customer\u2019s endpoints. Using a VPN network is also tough on the user since they have to manage their own devices at the end of each connection.<\/p>\n<p>If you are considering moving your business to a MPLS network, <a href=\"aerocominc.com\/products\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>contact an AeroCom Genius today<\/strong><\/span><\/a> to see your two strongest bids.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/aerocominc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/CarrierConsulting_MPLS-1.jpg\" rel='magnific'><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-7051\" src=\"http:\/\/aerocominc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/CarrierConsulting_MPLS-1-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"CarrierConsulting_MPLS (1)\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/carrierconsulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/CarrierConsulting_MPLS.jpg\" rel='magnific'><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>(image)<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) can be a powerful tool for any network. It is best described as a layer 2.5 networking protocol. So, MPLS sits between the traditional layers of layer 2 (such as Ethernet) and layer 3 (IP protocols)<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aerocominc.com\/info\/why-you-should-move-your-business-to-mpls-network-from-a-vpn-network\/\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\">Read more &#8250;<\/div>\n<p><!-- end of .read-more --><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aerocominc.com\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7050"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aerocominc.com\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aerocominc.com\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aerocominc.com\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aerocominc.com\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7050"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.aerocominc.com\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7050\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aerocominc.com\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7050"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aerocominc.com\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7050"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aerocominc.com\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7050"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}