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Re: MPLS over Ethernet issue

  • From: fraanro <fraanro@arrakis.es>
  • Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2002 16:04:05 GMT
  • Cc: <mpls-ops@mplsrc.com>
  • Resent-Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2002 13:22:30 -0400
  • To: "Per Hansen" <perflemming@hansen.mail.dk>

The IP address is known, because the label either comes from a RSVP 
signalling session with the neighbor or from an LDP session. If it was 
a manually configured LSP, then you would need to configure (depending 
on the box, of course) the next hop mac address to use. 

Javier.

----- Mensaje Original -----
Remitente: "Per Hansen" <perflemming@hansen.mail.dk>
Fecha: Domingo, Septiembre 22, 2002 12:38 pm
Asunto: [MPLS-OPS]: MPLS over Ethernet issue

> 
> MPLS over Ethernet: how do an MPLS switch learn next hop Ethernet
> address in an LSP, where it already know the MPLS label toward the
> switch.
> 
> When IP routers forwards an IP packet via Ethernet, the typically 
> learnthe MAC address of next hop via the ARP protokol. Is a 
> similar approach
> defined in IETF, when an MPLS switch can send an MPLS-ARP request to
> learn the mapping between MPLS label and Ethernet address ? Or is 
> the IP
> address always known for a next hop MPLS switch in an LSP, such 
> that an
> normal IP-ARP request can be sent ?.
> 
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