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QUESTION 2 Select 2 advantages of circuit or packet switched WAN services from a

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QUESTION 2

Select 2 advantages of circuit or packet switched WAN services from a common carrier comparing to using a VPN over Internet service:

Lower Cost

Higher Security

Traffic reliability and predictability.

Higher Flexibility

QUESTION 3

A virtual private network (VPN) connection over public Internet provides a low cost and flexible alternative to a private packet-switched network connection.

True

False

QUESTION 4

One T3 line is the equivalent of ____ number of POTS (Plain Old Telephone Service) multiplexed lines.

QUESTION 6

One relatively new Packet Switched Network WAN technology described in the textbook is called ________. One advantage is, that it is slightly faster. Another advantage is, that it allows for full mesh topology design, that means less hops for packets and therefore lower latency. It is sometimes called a layer-2.5 technology, because is inserts its own data between layer 2 and 3 headers. (answer 4 letter acronym).

Explanation / Answer

Question 2 Answer is :

Higher Security

Traffic reliability and predictability

Question 3 Answer is :

True

Because VPN provides equivalent of a private packet switched network over public internet and the advantage of VPN is low cost and flexibility

Question 4 Answer is :

672

Question 6 Answer is :

MPLS i.e MultiProtocol Label Switching