Direct Connect

• Direct Connect links your internal network to an Direct Connect location over a standard Ethernet fiber-optic cable.

  • One end of the cable is connected to your router, the other to an Direct Connect router.

• You can create virtual interfaces directly to public AWS services (for example, to Amazon S3) or to VPC, bypassing internet service providers in your network path.

• It does not encrypt your traffic that is in transit.

Direct Connect gateways

• Use Direct Connect gateway to connect your VPCs in multiple regions.

• You associate a Direct Connect gateway with either of the following gateways:

  • A transit gateway when you have multiple VPCs in the same Region.

  • A virtual private gateway.

• A Direct Connect gateway is a globally available resource.

• You can create the Direct Connect gateway in any Region and access it from all other Regions.