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CCNP Practice Question: Drag and drop each WAN technology on the left to…
Drag and drop each WAN technology on the left to its matching layer on the right.
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MPLS: Layer 2.5
MPLS operates at Layer 2.5 (shim header between Layer 2 and Layer 3). Metro Ethernet is a Layer 2 technology. SD-WAN abstracts the underlay and operates at Layer 3 and above. DMVPN is a Layer 3 VPN overlay.
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Variation 1. Drag and drop each WAN technology on the left to its matching OSI layer on the right.
medium- ✓ P1.MPLS: Layer 2.5
- ✓ P2.Metro Ethernet: Layer 2
- ✓ P3.SD-WAN: Layer 3
- ✓ P4.DMVPN: Layer 3
- ✓ P5.Frame Relay: Layer 2
Why P1: MPLS operates at Layer 2.5 (between Layer 2 and Layer 3). Metro Ethernet is a Layer 2 technology. SD-WAN is a Layer 3 overlay technology. DMVPN is a Layer 3 VPN technology.
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