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Fwd: Cisco routers that support MPLS-VPN and VLAN-VPN

  • From: Roger Clark Williams <rogerw@nordlink.com>
  • Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2002 08:40:51 -0400
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Akmal, I am hoping the right person will respond with a list that was on 
this forum within the past 6 months. The list was of providers that are 
using MPLS, and it had more than 50 listed. I have lost the access to my 
copy, sorry.

Roger Williams


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>Hi ,
>
>I am just trying to spend some time in studying mpls vpn market. I want to 
>list down all the vendors which support mpls . and then do a comparative 
>analysis of the PE devices .
>
>I am not sure if this information is available on net .
>
>Any pointers to this is appreciable .
>
>Regards
>Akmal
>
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>From: Roger Clark Williams [mailto:rogerw@nordlink.com]
>Sent: Wednesday, October 23, 2002 6:10 PM
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>VLAN-VPN
>
>
>Champion, your question is not quite right. The real question you need to
>ask is "What Cisco IOS level supports the services I want?".
>
>In a very general way you can say MPLS runs on every Cisco router from the
>2600 up. But not all features supported on one platform are supported on
>others. And a 2600 will not be a very good PE for the middle of New York
>City, though by narrow definition it could do the job. There are other
>deciding factors you need to think about as well: Memory, speed, number of
>ports, type of supported ports....
>
>Similarly, if the IOS for a given router supports the ISL protocol, then
>you should be able to run VLANs through that router.
>
>What you need to do is to get yourself a Cisco web site CCO login and spend
>some time with the Feature Navigator (www.cisco.com/go/fn) that Dennis
>Hartmann humorously mentioned on this mailing list a few weeks ago. Once
>you find an IOS version that supports what you want, then see if that
>version runs on the routers you are looking at. There is no simple answer,
>no easy list.
>
>Your other email asks how to do all this. That is a bit much to ask on the
>forum since there is a lot to it, and all the information is available on
>the Cisco web site. It is not a simple 3-step program. Go to the Cisco site
>and do a search on the router platform you have plus the words "MPLS",
>"ISL", and "VLAN". You should very quickly find information on how to set
>up the system, along with sample configurations.
>
>You also need to understand what you are doing, how MPLS works and what it
>is. I have said it on this forum before and again I would recommend
>Pepelnjak's book MPLS and VPN Architectures if you want to get one book
>that will explain the whole thing, in case you don't already know. The book
>is published by Cisco Press, ISBN 1-58705-002-1.
>
>I hope this helps, and good luck
>
>Roger Williams
>
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> >Dear Sir/Madam,
> >
> >I am a dummy me Networking area. I am desperately in need with your helps.
> >
> >I am current doing a project that requires CISCO routers to support MPLS
> >features.
> >
> >As I am lacking of information in this field, could you please give me
> >some advices on the following queries?
> >
> >1) Please give me a list of routers that support MPLS-VPN.
> >
> >2) Please give me a list of routers that support VLAN-VPN
> >
> >Thank you very much and have a nice day.
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