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Re: Fwd: basic question on MPLS

  • From: "alok" <alok.dube@apara.com>
  • Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2002 15:04:33 +0530
  • Cc: <mpls-ops@mplsrc.com>
  • Resent-Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2002 05:42:16 -0500
  • To: <rogerw@nordlink.com>, <sthaug@nethelp.no>

mebbe its "not faster on cisco" ;o) ..

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <sthaug@nethelp.no>
To: <rogerw@nordlink.com>
Cc: <mpls-ops@mplsrc.com>
Sent: Tuesday, November 26, 2002 2:09 PM
Subject: Re: Fwd: [MPLS-OPS]: basic question on MPLS 


> > MPLS allows for switching  packets instead of routing them, so it is 
> > faster.
> 
> This may have been one of the original arguments for MPLS - but is
> it true today? If so, it would be useful to name specific platforms.
> 
> I have seen several statements from Cisco people I trust which say
> that MPLS label lookup/forwarding is *not* faster than IP address
> lookup/forwarding on Cisco equipment - neither on their software
> based platforms nor on the ASIC based ones.
> 
> Steinar Haug, Nethelp consulting, sthaug@nethelp.no
> 
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