QinQ
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What is QinQ?
QinQ, also known as 802.1ad, is a networking technology that adds an additional 802.1Q VLAN tag to an already tagged frame. This allows service providers to create separate VLANs within their network for different customers, while still using the customer's existing VLAN configuration. It's commonly used to extend VLANs across a service provider's network or to isolate customer traffic.
What other technologies are related to QinQ?
QinQ Competitor Technologies
VPLS
VPLS provides a similar Layer 2 VPN functionality as QinQ by enabling Ethernet bridging across an IP/MPLS network, but uses different mechanisms.
L2VPN
L2VPN is a broad category and QinQ is one type of Layer 2 VPN technology. Other L2VPN technologies such as VPLS are alternative approaches.
EVPN
EVPN is a modern Layer 2 VPN technology that offers similar functionality to QinQ but with better scalability and control plane features.
QinQ Complementary Technologies
dot1q
802.1Q is the foundation of QinQ, as QinQ adds another 802.1Q tag. Therefore, it is strongly complementary.
VLAN
QinQ relies on VLAN technology. The entire function of QinQ is to add a second VLAN tag. It is very complementary.
VLANs
QinQ relies on VLAN technology. The entire function of QinQ is to add a second VLAN tag. It is very complementary.
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Which job functions commonly mention QinQ?
Network Operations Engineer
0.2% of all Network Operations Engineer jobs mention QinQ
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Network Engineer
0.1% of all Network Engineer jobs mention QinQ
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IT Support
50 IT Support jobs mention QinQ
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Customer Engineer
30 Customer Engineer jobs mention QinQ
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Engineer
357 Engineer jobs mention QinQ
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