RFC 7436: IP-Only LAN Service (IPLS)

A Virtual Private LAN Service (VPLS) is used to interconnect systems across a wide-area or metropolitan-area network, making it appear that they are on a…

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Outgoing relationships (20 related RFCs)

Normative reference — RFC 2119: Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate Requirement Levels
Normative reference — RFC 5226: Guidelines for Writing an IANA Considerations Section in RFCs
Normative reference — RFC 4861: Neighbor Discovery for IP version 6 (IPv6)
Normative reference — RFC 5036: LDP Specification
Normative reference — RFC 826: An Ethernet Address Resolution Protocol: Or Converting Network Protocol Addresses to 48.bit Ethernet Address for Transmission on Ethernet Hardware
Normative reference — RFC 4447: Pseudowire Setup and Maintenance Using the Label Distribution Protocol (LDP)
Normative reference — RFC 4762: Virtual Private LAN Service (VPLS) Using Label Distribution Protocol (LDP) Signaling
Normative reference — RFC 2464: Transmission of IPv6 Packets over Ethernet Networks
Normative reference — RFC 4446: IANA Allocations for Pseudowire Edge to Edge Emulation (PWE3)
Normative reference — RFC 4448: Encapsulation Methods for Transport of Ethernet over MPLS Networks
Normative reference — RFC 3122: Extensions to IPv6 Neighbor Discovery for Inverse Discovery Specification
Informative reference — RFC 4364: BGP/MPLS IP Virtual Private Networks (VPNs)
Informative reference — RFC 4664: Framework for Layer 2 Virtual Private Networks (L2VPNs)
Informative reference — RFC 925: Multi-LAN address resolution
Informative reference — RFC 6074: Provisioning, Auto-Discovery, and Signaling in Layer 2 Virtual Private Networks (L2VPNs)
Informative reference — RFC 5771: IANA Guidelines for IPv4 Multicast Address Assignments
Informative reference — RFC 2684: Multiprotocol Encapsulation over ATM Adaptation Layer 5
Informative reference — RFC 4111: Security Framework for Provider-Provisioned Virtual Private Networks (PPVPNs)
Informative reference — RFC 4665: Service Requirements for Layer 2 Provider-Provisioned Virtual Private Networks
Informative reference — RFC 2427: Multiprotocol Interconnect over Frame Relay