HOW AWS DIRECT CONNECT TO WORKS

Added: 2026-05-23

[00:00:00]You think a VPN and Direct Connect are the same thing. You can't explain why a business would pay for a dedicated line.

[00:00:07]You don't know what happens inside an AWS DC location. Here's the truth most candidates miss. AWS site-to-site VPN runs over the public internet.

[00:00:17]Encrypted? Yes, but shared, variable, and subject to the congestion of everything else on that internet connection. AWS Direct Connect is a dedicated private fiber optic connection from your on-premises environment directly into an AWS data center location. No public internet, no shared bandwidth, consistent predictable performance. Here's how it actually works. On prem, your users and infrastructure connect via your router odds DC location. Traffic moves through a customer partner cage, then into the AWS cage via two VLANs. VLAN one right pointing arrow priva.