Nextgen Networks has launched Australia's first virtual local area network service (VPLS), Nextgen's first value-added service offering since it emerged from receivership at the end of 2003. VPLS is a relatively new standard defined by the IETF, for the seaniless interconnection of local area networks at different locations. The'technology, which operates at layer 2, is claimed to have several advantages over the more established IP-VPNs and ethernet metro-area virtual local area networks. For the customer, management is much simpler - the service appears simply as an ethernet network.
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