pseudowire headend vc 4 and 5

[Kelvin Wong]

can someone explain what is the difference of vc 4 and 5 in the pseudowire technology? in addition to this, in a pseudowire headend setup, what is the usage of VC 4 and 5?

[shivjain · Accepted solution]

Hi Wong

Below is the short difference between VC type 4 and VC type 5:-

A VC type 5 tunnels an Ethernet port over MPLS

Also check the below mentioned post.

http://www.mplsvpn.info/2009/12/modes-of-ethernet-over-mpls-eompls.html

regards

Shivlu Jain

A VC type 4 transports a VLAN over MPLS