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Name: Erick Date: October 9, 2002 at 09:06:59 Pacific OS: W2K CPU/Ram: Pent 4
Comment:
We have two LANs in two different buildings that are connected through VPN(with 2 watch guard fireboxes). I was just asked this question"Can the VPN tunnel between the buildings best be described, WAN or VLANs?" I was not sure, so I wounder wich one it is considered.Please help
Name: Curt R Date: October 9, 2002 at 09:33:42 Pacific
Reply:
It would be more of a VLAN. A WAN generally refer's to separate sites that are linked together via dedicated T1 (or faster) connections and routers (hardware). A VLAN refers to a setup wherein your separate sites are connected via software like a VPN connection.
For a good description of both terms check out www.webopedia.com
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