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Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol

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Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol

Summary

Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol is a tunneling protocol[1]. It draws 394 Wikipedia views per month (tunneling_protocol category, ranking #1 of 5).[2]

Key Facts

  • Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol's instance of is recorded as tunneling protocol[3].
  • Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol is part of Internet protocol suite[4].
  • Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol comprises Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol[5].
  • Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol comprises Layer 2 Forwarding Protocol[6].
  • Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol was published on 1999[7].
  • Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol's described by source is recorded as RFC 2661: Layer Two Tunneling Protocol "L2TP"[8].
  • Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol's described by source is recorded as RFC 3437: Layer-Two Tunneling Protocol Extensions for PPP Link Control Protocol Negotiation[9].
  • Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol's described by source is recorded as RFC 3817: Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol (L2TP) Active Discovery Relay for PPP over Ethernet (PPPoE)[10].
  • Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol's described by source is recorded as RFC 2888: Secure Remote Access with L2TP[11].
  • Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol's described by source is recorded as RFC 3145: L2TP Disconnect Cause Information[12].
  • Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol's described by source is recorded as RFC 3301: Layer Two Tunnelling Protocol (L2TP): ATM access network extensions[13].
  • Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol's described by source is recorded as RFC 3308: Layer Two Tunneling Protocol (L2TP) Differentiated Services Extension[14].
  • Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol's described by source is recorded as RFC 3355: Layer Two Tunnelling Protocol (L2TP) Over ATM Adaptation Layer 5 (AAL5)[15].
  • Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol's described by source is recorded as RFC 3438: Layer Two Tunneling Protocol (L2TP) Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) Considerations Update[16].
  • Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://stackoverflow.com/tags/l2tp[17].
  • Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol's port is recorded as {'amount': '+1701'}[18].
  • Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol's port is recorded as {'amount': '+1701'}[19].

Why It Matters

Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol draws 394 Wikipedia views per month (tunneling_protocol category, ranking #1 of 5).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[20] It is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[21]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . iana.org. Retrieved . iana.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . iana.org. Retrieved . iana.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . Service Name and Transport Protocol Port Number Registry. Retrieved . iana.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [20] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [21] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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    Publication date → +1999-00-00T00:00:00Z
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    Has part(s) → Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol, Layer 2 Forwarding Protocol
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