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Techniques for customer self-provisioning of edge nodes for a virtual private network

  • US 20060187855A1
  • Filed: 06/02/2005
  • Published: 08/24/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/19/2005
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for configuring a network interface on an intermediate network node at an edge of a provider network to support a virtual private network, comprising the steps of:

  • receiving customer input data that indicates, for a particular virtual private network over a provider network of a service provider, a topology for a plurality of customer equipment devices outside the provider network to be joined on the particular virtual private network;

    based on the customer input data, determining configuration data for configuring a particular interface of a particular edge node among a plurality of interfaces that connect the plurality of customer equipment devices to a plurality of edge nodes at an edge of the provider network for the particular virtual private network; and

    causing the particular edge node to configure the particular interface based on the configuration data without human intervention, wherein;

    the provider network is a packet-switched network; and

    the particular virtual private network is a link layer virtual private network.

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