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--></style></head><body lang="EN-AU" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d">They are different.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d">Look for Hosted Connection VS AWS Direct Connect.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d">The connection you get via Megaport or all other Telcos most probably would be Hosted Connection or Hosted VIF. Best to check with the telco – Megaport in this instance on the product details, specs, limitations.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d"><a href="https://aws.amazon.com/premiumsupport/knowledge-center/direct-connect-types/">https://aws.amazon.com/premiumsupport/knowledge-center/direct-connect-types/</a> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d">Hope this helps!</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d">Cheers,</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d">Shah Hardik</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US"> AusNOG <<a href="mailto:ausnog-bounces@lists.ausnog.net">ausnog-bounces@lists.ausnog.net</a>> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Andras Toth<br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, 12 February 2019 7:01 PM<br><b>To:</b> Steve Tu <<a href="mailto:steve.tu@megaport.com">steve.tu@megaport.com</a>><br><b>Cc:</b> <a href="mailto:ausnog@ausnog.net">ausnog@ausnog.net</a> <<a href="mailto:AusNOG@lists.ausnog.net">AusNOG@lists.ausnog.net</a>>; Jason Bordujenko <<a href="mailto:jason.bordujenko@megaport.com">jason.bordujenko@megaport.com</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [AusNOG] AWS With Megaport</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><div><p class="MsoNormal">I'm not sure if the Megaport Direct Connect is any different to a regular AWS Direct Connect, but a friend of mine has successfully used a regular AWS Direct Connect that they extended into their EC2 VPC and assigned IP addresses to their instances from their own /28 range.</p><div><p class="MsoNormal"> </p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">The subnet has a Route Table that would say send everything to the DX VGW to make this work.</p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"> </p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">The only caveat was the .1 and .2 addresses cannot be used because that's the AWS Default Gateway and DNS, etc.</p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"> </p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Andras</p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"> </p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><div><div><p class="MsoNormal">On Tue, Feb 12, 2019 at 1:30 PM Steve Tu <<a href="mailto:steve.tu@megaport.com">steve.tu@megaport.com</a>> wrote:</p></div><blockquote style="border:none;border-left:solid #cccccc 1.0pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-top:5.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:5.0pt"><div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Hi Joseph,</p><div><p class="MsoNormal"> </p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Thank your for your enquiry.</p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"> </p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">As Simon Thomason pointed out, AWS Direct Connect - Private Virtual Interface is mainly for connecting two private networks together by exchanging routes via BGP.</p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"> </p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">In your scenario of extending your on-premises network into the native AWS VPC so they are on the same broadcast domain, this is not a supported scenario. Also on AWS VPC route table, the destination via next-hop/default gateway will need to be an AWS component i.e. Virtual Private Gateway or Internet Gateway etc. and not something outside of AWS.</p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"> </p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://aws.amazon.com/vpc/faqs/" target="_blank">https://aws.amazon.com/vpc/faqs/</a></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Please also check the Topology section of the FAQ</p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"> </p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">There are options such as VMware on AWS and creating a L2VPN over Direct Connect, that may suits your requirements.</p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"> </p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">I hope this answers your question, and if you have any further questions, please do not hesitate to contact me,</p></div><div><div><div><div><div><div><p><strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#666666">Steve</span></strong><strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:red">Tu</span></strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#666666"><br></span><em><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#cccccc">Solutions Architect APAC</span></em><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#666666"></span></p><p style="line-height:15.0pt"><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#cccccc">Phone: +61 430 965 798<br></span><a href="https://t.sidekickopen05.com/s2t/c/5/f18dQhb0S7lC8dDMPbW2n0x6l2B9nMJN7t5XZsd7g2vW6442zv2BF-FPW7fRL1x56dRC4d5gLDT02?t=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.linkedin.com%2Fin%2Ftusteven%2F&si=5046652182331392&pi=d3a34192-868e-43b4-bca6-3b3dc94576a7" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#1155cc;text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="139" height="21" style="width:1.4427in;height:.2187in" id="_x0000_i1027" src="https://www.megaport.com/email/connect.png" alt="Connect on LinkedIn"></span></a><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#cccccc"></span></p><p><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#888888"> </span></p><p><a href="https://t.sidekickopen05.com/s2t/c/5/f18dQhb0S7lC8dDMPbW2n0x6l2B9nMJN7t5XZsd7g2vW6442zv2BF-FPW7fRL1x56dRC4d5gLDT02?t=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.megaport.com%2F&si=5046652182331392&pi=d3a34192-868e-43b4-bca6-3b3dc94576a7" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#1155cc;text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="135" height="34" style="width:1.4062in;height:.3489in" id="_x0000_i1026" src="https://www.megaport.com/email/megaport.png" alt="Visit Megaport.com"></span></a><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#888888"><br><br></span><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#eeeeee">This message is intended for the addressee named and may contain confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient please delete it and notify the sender.</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#888888"></span></p></div></div></div></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"> </p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><div><div><p class="MsoNormal">On Tue, Feb 12, 2019 at 12:12 PM Gavin Tweedie <<a href="mailto:gavin.tweedie@megaport.com" target="_blank">gavin.tweedie@megaport.com</a>> wrote:</p></div><blockquote style="border:none;border-left:solid #cccccc 1.0pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-top:5.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:5.0pt"><div><p class="MsoNormal">I'm not our cloud wizard so let me throw on a technical solutions guy or two on this thread to bring it to their attention!</p><div><p class="MsoNormal"> </p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Gav</p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><div><div><p class="MsoNormal">On Tue, 12 Feb 2019 at 10:08, simon thomason <<a href="mailto:sapage@sapage.net" target="_blank">sapage@sapage.net</a>> wrote:</p></div><blockquote style="border:none;border-left:solid #cccccc 1.0pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-top:5.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:5.0pt"><div><div><p class="MsoNormal">I would be interested to know how you do this also.</p><div><p class="MsoNormal"> </p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">My understanding is that over MP you need to peer with AWS in BGP. <a href="https://knowledgebase.megaport.com/cloud-connectivity/aws-cloud/" target="_blank">https://knowledgebase.megaport.com/cloud-connectivity/aws-cloud/</a> </p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"> </p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Even looking at AWS doco it says you can not <a href="https://aws.amazon.com/directconnect/faqs/" target="_blank">https://aws.amazon.com/directconnect/faqs/</a>.</p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"> </p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Unless you want to run GRE or something over this but i am not certain why you would. </p></div></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><div><div><p class="MsoNormal">On Tue, Feb 12, 2019 at 11:53 AM Nathan Brookfield <<a href="mailto:Nathan.Brookfield@simtronic.com.au" target="_blank">Nathan.Brookfield@simtronic.com.au</a>> wrote:</p></div><blockquote style="border:none;border-left:solid #cccccc 1.0pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-top:5.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:5.0pt"><p class="MsoNormal">100% possible :)<br><br>Nathan Brookfield<br>Chief Executive Officer<br><br>Simtronic Technologies Pty Ltd<br><a href="http://www.simtronic.com.au" target="_blank">http://www.simtronic.com.au</a><br><br>On 12 Feb 2019, at 12:40, Joseph Goldman <<a href="mailto:joe@apcs.com.au" target="_blank">joe@apcs.com.au</a>> wrote:<br><br>Hi *<br><br> Just wondering if the following scenario is supported for EC2 instances with AWS.<br><br> Over megaport, I'd like to use a VXC (Or Direct Connect) - 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