... pro-tocols to be used. Common protocols associated with VPN transmission security are PPTP, L2TP, SSH, and IPSec.PPTP and L2TP are used to establish a secure tunnel connection between two sites. ... traveling over. Encapsulating Protocol The protocol, such as Point-to-Point Tun-neling Protocol (PPTP), Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol (L2TP), IPSec, or Secure Shell (SSH), that is wrapped around ... that when hubs and switches only come in predefined capacities such as 5, 8, 12, 24, or even 36 ports, potentially we could be wasting resources by not fully utilizing all the ports on these...