Post Views: 1,734 This question (really two questions) has been popping up quite a bit lately. Let me see if I can explain. First, let’s define what SD-WAN is. SD-WAN leverages the SDN concept of separating the control plane from the data plane and creating a controller running software that can enact control and policies […]
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Post Views: 1,714 Generic Route Encapsulation is a tunneling technique in IP networking where a received IP packet is re-encapsulated in a second IP header (IP-in-IP) and sent across the network. It is like a Layer 3 VPN but alone it is not a secure VPN. You can encrypt GRE with an encryption protocol such
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Post Views: 2,386 Teredo Tunnels are a way to create a tunnel between two IPv6 end points (your computer and a web server) across the IPv4 network (your home or business and the Internet). In Windows 7 (and I believe Vista as well) you do not have to worry about using this if your home
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Post Views: 1,540 In this article we will discuss setting up and ISATAP (Intra-Site Automatic Tunnel Addressing Protocol) Tunneling in your Windows 7 machine. In order to do this, we will use an ISATAP Server at Sanjiang University in China. Everything is good to go. Your ISATAP Tunnel is running. To remove the ISATAP config,
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Post Views: 2,102 Check out these additional IPv6 Resources: Our IPv6 overview course at Udemy Our IPv6 Custom Profiles for Wireshark Our IPv6 classes at the Online School As more and more people are discovering IPv6, there is a tendency to test and play with the technology. First, you can generically turn off IPv6 on
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Post Views: 1,590 In this article we will discuss using 6to4 Tunneling in your Windows machine. In order to do this, we will use a very popular “Tunnel Broker” Service provided by Hurricane Electric. 6to4 tunnels are a way to create a tunnel between two IPv6 end points (your computer and a web server) across
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