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[[Cisco]] Systems has its own proprietary extensions to DLSw in DLSw+. According to Cisco, DLSw+ is 100% IETF RFC 1795 compliant but includes some proprietary extensions that can be used when both devices are Cisco.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/internetworking/technology/handbook/DLSw.html|title=Data-Link Switching (DLSw)|publisher=[[Cisco]]|accessdate=2008-09-15}}</ref>

Some organisations are starting to replace DLSw tunndelingtunneling with the more modern IPDLC protocol, which wraps DLC traffic at the [[Transport Layer]] rather than the [[Network Layer]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=852&uid=swg27006667|title=Understanding Enterprise Extender, Part 1 - Concepts and Considerations|publisher=[[IBM]]|accessdate=2008-09-15}}</ref>

==See also==