Non-ISP Q-in-Q Deployments

[lamav]

Would anyone realistically expect to see a Q-in-Q deployment in an enterprise environment?

[Edison Ortiz · Accepted solution]

I haven't seen one yet.

You will find a lot of EoMPLS and L2TPv3 but not Q-in-Q.

The problem with Q-in-Q is the backbone has to be L2 end-to-end. Not that scalable.

Regards,

Edison

[lamav]

Thanks, Edison...thats what I thought.

[vmiller]

Did one in a midwest city over a provided sonet service.

It is a bit messy, and requires a fair amount of coordination with the carrier.

[Edison Ortiz]

I believe Victor was looking for feedback on Non-ISP environments.

In NYC, we have a ton of Q-in-Q deployments with Verizon TLS.

[vmiller]

Guess I misinterpreted what he meant by ISP (its early out here on the coast).

TLS or some other value added services would be about the only place you would need q in q.

I can't imagine "wanting" to do q in q...