Site2Site VPN

  • A hardware VPN solution that creates a highly available IPsec VPN connection.

  • Connects your AWS environment to your on-premises network (or another cloud network).

⚙️ Key Features

  • Quick to set up — much faster than Direct Connect.

  • Encrypts data in transit using IPsec protocols.

  • Highly available — two VPN tunnels are automatically created for redundancy.

  • Does not provide the same consistent high performance as Direct Connect.

🧠 Quick Summary

Feature
Description

Type

Hardware-based IPsec VPN

Purpose

Connect AWS VPC to external networks (e.g., on-premises)

Setup Time

Fast and easy

Data Security

Encrypted with IPsec

Performance

Good, but not as high or consistent as AWS Direct Connect

Availability

Two tunnels for redundancy and high availability

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