Carl,
VPLS stands for Virtual Private Lan Services and is a multi-point L2 VPN technology.
Please refer to the following URL for some good white papers covering VPLS:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps6648/products_ios_protocol_option_home.html
Regards
Regards,
Harold Ritter, CCIE #4168 (EI, SP)
