# Amazon Direct Connect gateways
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You can work with Amazon Direct Connect gateways using the Amazon VPC console or the Amazon CLI.
+ [Direct Connect gateways](direct-connect-gateways-intro.md)

  Using a Direct Connect gateway, you can associate the Direct Connect gateway with a transit gateway with multiple VPCs, a virtual private gateway, or if you use Amazon Cloud WAN, to a Cloud WAN core network.
+ [Virtual private gateway associations](virtualgateways.md)

  Using a virtual private gateway, you can associate the Direct Connect gateway over a private virtual interface to one or more VPCs in any account located in the same or different Regions.
+ [Transit gateway associations](direct-connect-transit-gateways.md)

  Use a Direct Connect gateway to connect your Direct Connect connection over a transit virtual interface to the VPCs or VPNs that are attached to your transit gateway.
+ [Cloud WAN core network associations](direct-connect-cloud-wan.md)

  Use a Direct Connect gateway to associate a Direct Connect gateway with an Amazon Network Manager core network. 
+ [Allowed prefixes interactions](allowed-to-prefixes.md)

  Use allowed prefixes to interact with transit gateways and virtual private gateways.

**Topics**
+ [Direct Connect gateways](direct-connect-gateways-intro.md)
+ [Virtual private gateway associations](virtualgateways.md)
+ [Transit gateway associations](direct-connect-transit-gateways.md)
+ [Cloud WAN core network associations](direct-connect-cloud-wan.md)
+ [Allowed prefixes interactions](allowed-to-prefixes.md)