[AusNOG] Interstate Networking

[Mark Tees]

There is tonnes of good points for using a layer 3 VPN for this.
Scalable, standardised, redundant, and reliable.

Mark

On Fri, Aug 21, 2015 at 2:41 PM, Andrew Hawken
<ahawken at roycesoftware.com> wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> Looking for some recommendations / discussion (not potential candidate
> providers just yet) with regards to interstate networking.
>
> My employer currently has an office in every state of Australia. Each office
> currently has an ADSL or EFM service (don't worry about why ADSL or EFM).
> The router at each location is connected back to HQ in Melbourne via a VPN
> tunnel. Each office is using the same ISP, however, we'd prefer something
> much more direct between each state office and HQ. Think 'hub and spoke'.
>
> Each office is pretty much in the middle of the CBD of each capital city.
>
> Not really concerned about costs or technology (they'll play a factor later)
> at this stage. I'm more concerned about discovering a good way (or the best
> way) to link all our offices together. Reliability must be key. Secondarily,
> an allowance for generous data and high speed bandwidth should be
> considered.
>
> Looking forward to the discussion :-)
>
> Regards,
>
> Andrew
>
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Regards,

Mark L. Tees