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Fwd: Re: FEC Determination in a LSP

  • From: "Hariharan Kunchithaptham" <hkunchit@hotmail.com>
  • Date: Sun, 19 May 2002 16:35:16 +0530
  • Resent-Date: Sun, 19 May 2002 08:03:04 -0400
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>From: MPLS Resource Center <admin@mplsrc.com>
>To: "Hariharan Kunchithaptham" <hkunchit@hotmail.com>
>Subject: Re: FEC Determination in a LSP
>Date: Fri, 17 May 2002 12:17:11 -0400
>
>You need to send your message to "mpls-ops@mplsrc.com"
>
>Irwin
>
>At 12:01 PM 5/17/2002 -0400, you wrote:
>>Hi MPLS Gurus,
>>
>>I am a novice to MPLS technology.I need some clarifications on the
>>following queries
>>
>>A typical BGP Routing table will have 10,000+ entries. The problem with IP
>>Forwading is that it needs to do find a best match in this big table.
>>
>>MPLS overcomes this by using labels.
>>1) How does a LSR determine the FEC ?
>>   How will the routing table be mapped on to the FECs?
>>
>>
>>2) How big will this LFIB table be ?
>>   Will this have equivalent 10,000+entries.
>>
>>3)  Alternatively , can I say that the no of FEC's created will be
>>equivalent to the number of neighbours(directly connected routers).
>>
>>
>>
>>Any help on this will be highly appreciated.
>>
>>TIA
>>--
>>
>>
>>
>>
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