Qwest PRN is a fully mesh IPSec (DES/3DES)(tunnel mode) based on Nortel Shasta platform with classfull firewall similar to Checkpoint Firewall. It can provide the QOS features such as DiffServ, Traffic Shaping, Policing, etc...)
Qwest has provided Private Routed Network (PRN) Solution since December, 2000. The platform is currently very stable. On the trunk side (backbone), the routing protocol is BGP, IS-IS and OSPF On the customer sides, the routing protocol is static, OSPF. BGP will be available in the future. The customer circuit can be from 64K to OC-3. MLPPP is also available. If your corporate has about thousand sites (T1 and above) all around the world (ASIA, Europe, North America) and your requirements are fully mesh, 3DES IPSec Tunnel, OSPF routing, Classfull Firewall, QOS, remote access VPN (Contivity - 3DES IPSec transport mode). Qwest is the only Service Provider that currently offers these services. C.Q.Nguyen Former Qwest VPN Employee -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Peter van Oene Sent: Monday, July 21, 2003 8:51 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: OT: Anyone using Qwest PRN ? [7:72704] At 07:58 PM 7/21/2003 +0000, John Neiberger wrote: >I think this actually is an MPLS VPN, of sorts. It's been fairly hard for me >to get the nitty gritty details. As I see it, it's a layer 3 MPLS vpn with >OSPF as our 'interface' to their network but I may be wrong about that. This sounds exactly like a 2547bis based IP VPN. >As someone else just mentioned, this service is expensive compared to frame >relay. In fact, at the moment it's about twice the monthly cost, but we're >quickly growing to a point where the frame network is not going to support >our goals. This solution looks pretty slick, I must admit. Keep in mind that this solution involves the provider managing aspects of your WAN routing which involves a different level of attention from them then you would see with a traditional layer two network. Usually, this type of service commands a premium, but the market tends to dictate pricing in many areas (depending upon where you are located). Pete >John > > >>> Chuck Whose Road is Ever Shorter 7/21/03 1:50:51 >PM >>> >so, John, whatever happened to the MPLS network they were trying to sell >you >a while back? what advantage does PRN have vis a vis MPLS such that Quest >is >no longer trying to convince you to buy it? > >inquiring minds need to know :-> > > >""John Neiberger"" wrote in message >news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Peter van Oene wrote: > > > > > > At 04:31 PM 7/21/2003 +0000, John Neiberger wrote: > > > >Are any of you using Qwest PRN? If so, I have a few questions > > > for you: > > > > > > > >1. How do you like it so far? > > > >2. Did you migrate from something else? If so, how did the > > > migration go? > > > >3. Any 'gotchas' that you learned later that you wish you'd > > > learned sooner? > > > >4. How does the service compare to what you were using before? > > > >5. How many sites do you have? Is this solution scaling well > > > for you? > > > > > > Hey John, > > > > > > What is PRN? Private routed network? Can't seem to find much > > > about it in my > > > brief googling. > > > > > > > Oops. Accidentally hit post before adding any content. ;-) > > > > Yes, it stands for Private Routed Network. It's a very interesting >solution. > > Our hub sites would participate in OSPF with their network, while our >spoke > > sites would use static routing. The PRN would have static routes pointing >to > > our spoke sites and those statics would be redistributed into OSPF. > > > > The biggest downside to this is that we'd have to contact Qwest each time >we > > added a new subnet at a branch, but I suppose that just means we'd need >to > > plan ahead better. > > > > This solution buys us a few things over our current frame relay network. > > Each site has a full pipe into the PRN instead of multiple PVCs sharing a > > single link, and we don't have to deal with CIR. From the perspective of >our > > routers each site is one hop away from any other site. These combination >of > > these features will allow us to proceed with VoIP throughout our network, > > which is not feasible with the current frame relay network. > > > > John Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=72730&t=72704 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
