Native Mode LAN Interconnection (NMLI)
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Native Mode LAN Interconnection (NMLI), an intra-LATA, high-speed, ethernet transport service most commonly used to interconnect LANs, is available at the native LAN speeds of 10Mbps Ethernet, 100Mbps Fast Ethernet and 1000Mbps Gigabit Ethernet. NMLI offers cost-effective, scalable solutions for delivering high bandwidth in the metropolitan area
AT&T provides fast, secure, and scalable metro optical ethernet services to enterprise customers over its all-optical metro area networks. Native Mode LAN Interconnection (NMLI), an intra-LATA, high-speed, ethernet transport service most commonly used to interconnect LANs, is available at the native LAN speeds of 10Mbps Ethernet, 100Mbps Fast Ethernet and 1000Mbps Gigabit Ethernet. NMLI offers cost-effective, scalable solutions for delivering high bandwidth in the metropolitan area.
NMLI is designed to support customers who:
- Need to connect multiple LANs over a wide area connection.
- Send high volumes of data between several company locations.
- Have linked sites using high bandwidth applications such as tape back-up, CAD/CAM or image processing.
- Want to optimize their networks using the widely deployed Ethernet industry standards.
- Have applications that will require the ability to grow bandwidth speeds as needed.
- Need the flexibility in their network to support Data, IP, Video and Multicast applications on a single physical backbone.
Features
- Point to Point or Switched transparent high-speed LAN data transmission among distributed locations
- Data transmission at native-mode LAN rates - 10Mbps, 100Mbps, 1000Mbps (1Gbps)
- Supports IP, video, data, e-mail, multicast applications over a single transport medium
- Supports complete inter-working for all NMLI LAN speeds allowing customers to mix speeds by application and location
- Scalable by speeds, number of users and locations
Benefits
- Value/Cost Savings AT&T NMLI service offers high bandwidth for low relative cost allowing you to better control your network costs. NMLI provides the high bandwidth capabilities that were once only available via more expensive connections.
- Enhance performance over MANs With LAN-like performance, Metropolitan Area Networks (MANs) become virtual LANs. Your furthest metropolitan location now becomes as close as you network connection. Users at remote sites become more productive as they access corporate information fast and efficiently.
- Effectively manage your growing network. NMLI Service supports full interworking between existing NMLI 10Mbps, 100Mbps and 1000Mbps service, allowing customers to mix speeds by location and application. This interworking provides customers a clear, seamless migration path to higher bandwidths without changing the LAN protocols that they are familiar with.
- Leverage your existing investment. AT&T NMLI service requires minimal CPE investment for customers migrating from an existing Ethernet platform. No additional equipment, beyond the routers that many customers currently own, is required to support Gigabit Ethernet Service. In addition to leveraging existing end stations and management tools customers can leverage existing training and experience in managing, maintaining and troubleshooting their Ethernet networks.
- Experience - Since the 1970's Ethernet has been the dominant networking protocol. With over 95% of all LANs in North America running ethernet,AT&T NMLI service has virtually no risk of obsolescence in the near term. AT&T has supported NMLI and metro ethernet solutions since 1994. Our latest enhancement, adding Gigabit Ethernet to the service portfolio, makes AT&T Native Mode LAN Interconnection the strategic choice for high-speed metro ethernet solutions.