Category Archives: IT networking

What is Metro E?

Bandwidth Infrastructure, Ethernet, Fiber Optics, IT networking, Metro Ethernet, Mulit-site, network solutions, Networking, wide area networkingBy Mike Terry June 9, 2020

The term Metro E is industry slang for Metro Ethernet which is private dark fiber carriers have in abundance in metropolitan areas to serve their many customers. Due to the fact that fiber abundant in these areas carriers are willing to light up a private connection using those spare fibers to help a customer create…

What is MPLS Network?

IT networking, MPLS, Mulit-site, network solutions, Networking, wide area networkingBy Mike Terry June 9, 2020

MPLS stands for Multiprotocol Label Switching and it is used in designing and routing wide area networks (WAN). The technology directs data from one node (locaiton) to the next based on short path labels rather than long network addresses. This allows the routers at each branch avoid complex lookups in a routing table. This technique…