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Re: Can Protocol packet be distinguished?

  • From: Eric Gray <eric.gray@sandburst.com>
  • Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2001 10:56:47 -0400
  • Cc: MPLSRC <mpls-ops@mplsrc.com>
  • Resent-Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2001 13:43:03 -0400
  • To: njzhy <njzhy@etang.com>
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Jine,

    Protocol (control) packets can be distinguished in the same way that
all other packets can be distinguished in MPLS encapsulated packets -
i.e. - by using the header that follows the last label in the MPLS stack.

You wrote:

> Dear all,
>   I have a silly question. In a MPLS domain, can protocal packets be distinguished from the user's data packets? In other words, are the protocal packets encapsulated with MPLS labels,too?
>
>  Thanks in advance!
>
>  Jine
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