EoMPLS point to point design

Hi Group

With EoMPLS point to point link can I put a L2 switch facing the Service
provider PE routers on both ends, or does it have to be a L3 router? All the
cisco documentations seems to show a router.

Reason Im asking is that I have ordered a EoMPLS point to point circuit from
my service provider between two cities, and I am not getting an end to end
Layer 2 broadcast domain when I connect a switch on each end. The service
provider has stated that I need a Router facing back to the service provider
on both ends, and a switch wil not work?

I wanted to create a Layer 2 trunk between the two sites and have a flat
layer 2 topology between the two ciites.

Is it not possible to have a Layer 2 Ethernet domain via EoMPLS or do I have
to use VPLS for this? Please can someone explain this to me and how I can
meet my requirements.

Kind Regards
Irfan S.

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Received on Sat Jul 09 2011 - 09:55:21 ART