| | L2TP (Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol) |
 | | The base L2TP protocol consists of a control protocol for dynamic creation, maintenance and tear-down of L2TP sessions; and data encapsulation to multiplex and demultiplex Layer 2 datastreams between IP-connected nodes. |
 | | L2TP, originally defined in RFC 2661, was designed to provide dynamic tunneling for multiple Layer 2 circuits across packet-oriented data networks. |
 | | It also adds important new features such as increasing the session and tunnel ID space from 16 to 32 bits, which dramatically increases the number of tunnels from 65,000 to more than 4 billion. |
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