08-17-2008 09:21 AM - edited 03-03-2019 11:10 PM
08-17-2008 09:27 AM
GRE is a tunnel. There are many types of tunnels. For example there are also MPLS Traffic Engineering Tunnels.
Steve Lyons - Cisco
08-18-2008 04:36 AM
Hi,
GRE is a tunneling protocol. It encapsulates other protocols,(AKA IP,IPV6,IPX) into IP protocols. GRE makes the point-to-point link for you. One thing to remember,GRE doesn't encrypt anything for you.
HTH,
Thot
08-17-2008 09:27 AM
GRE is a tunnel. There are many types of tunnels. For example there are also MPLS Traffic Engineering Tunnels.
Steve Lyons - Cisco
08-18-2008 04:36 AM
Hi,
GRE is a tunneling protocol. It encapsulates other protocols,(AKA IP,IPV6,IPX) into IP protocols. GRE makes the point-to-point link for you. One thing to remember,GRE doesn't encrypt anything for you.
HTH,
Thot
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