Point-to-Point Overview and Technical Specifications
PacketFabric’s point-to-point service is a dedicated Ethernet Private Line (EPL).
Commonly referred to as “pseudowire,” EPL is a traditional point-to-point Ethernet virtual connection between physical interfaces.
Single point to single point
The most obvious difference between a point-to-point connection and a virtual circuit is that point-to-point connections are dedicated.
This means that while a PacketFabric access port can have up to 4,000 virtual circuits, a point-to-point interface will only support one EPL connection.
Pricing
Point-to-point connectivity is our most economical service and the closest thing to a ‘bundled’ product that we offer. Each point-to-point connection includes two access ports and dedicated data transfer costs.
For a complete price list, see Point-to-Point Networking.
Technical notes and constraints
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Header row
- Feature
- Description
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Row 1
- Vendor restrictions
- None. Point-to-point connections are vendor-agnostic.
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Row 2
- Point-to-point connections per port
- One
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Row 2
- Rate limiting
- Not supported
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Row 2
- Supported protocols
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- BFD
- ELMI
- GARP/GMRP
- Jumbo frames (up to 9096)
- LACP (tunneled)
- Link OAM
- MacSec
- MPLS multicast
- MPLS unicast
- Multicast
- PNAC 802.1X
- Provider bridge group access
- Q-in-Q
- Spanning trees
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Row 2
- Unsupported protocols
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- LLDP
- Pause frames
Ethernet specifications
- Header
- Service
- Service Features
- Row
- Ethernet Private Line (EPL)
- Supported Ethernet Layer 2 control protocols (L2CP) destination MAC addresses:
- LACP/LAMP- 01:80:C2:00:00:02
- Link OAM - 01:80:C2:00:00:02
- ESMC - 01:80:C2:00:00:02
- 802.1X-01:80:C2:00:00:03
- E-LMI - 01:80:C2:00:00:07
- Provider Bridge Group Address - 01:80:C2:00:00:08
- Provider Bridge MVRP Address - 01:80:C2:00:00:0D
- LLDP - 01:80:C2:00:00:0E
- PTP Peer Delay - 01:80:C2:00:00:0E
- Row
- VLAN support:
VLANs 1-4094 and untagged
- VLAN support:
- Row
- Quality of Service marking:
- Support preservation of IP precedence/DSCP bits: Yes
- Support preservation of 802.1p bits: Yes
- Quality of Service marking:
- Row
- MAC addresses per endpoint:
Unlimited
- MAC addresses per endpoint:
- Row
- Broadcast, Unknown Unicast, Multicast (BUM) traffic support:
All BUM traffic is transported end-to-end.
- Broadcast, Unknown Unicast, Multicast (BUM) traffic support:
- Row
- Core/Backbone service resilience:
EPL service is protected with Node+Link Fast Reroute technology, ensuring sub-50ms service restoration.
- Core/Backbone service resilience: