AWS Direct Connect + AWS Transit Gateway

AWS Direct Connect + AWS Transit Gateway, using transit VIF attachment to Direct Connect gateway, enables your network to connect several regional centralized routers over a private dedicated connection. The following diagram shows connecting to two routers.

AWS Direct Connect and AWS Transit Gateway

Each AWS Transit Gateway is a network transit hub to interconnect VPCs in the same region, consolidating Amazon VPC routing configuration in one place. This solution simplifies management of connections between an Amazon VPC and your networks over a private connection that can reduce network costs, increase bandwidth throughput, and provide a more consistent network experience than internet-based connections.

Additional resources

• AWS Direct Connect User Guide
• Link aggregation groups in AWS Direct Connect
• Blog post: Integrating sub-1 Gbps hosted connections with AWS Transit Gateway

AWS Direct Connect

AWS Direct Connect + AWS Site-to-Site VPN