The MPLS-OPS Archive[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next] [Date Index][Thread Index][Author Index][Subject Index] Re: MPLS over Ethernet issue
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 ?. > > > > > > > > > ------- > The MPLS-OPS Mailing List > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://www.mplsrc.com/mplsops.shtml > Archive: http://www.mplsrc.com/mpls-ops_archive.shtml > ------- The MPLS-OPS Mailing List Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://www.mplsrc.com/mplsops.shtml Archive: http://www.mplsrc.com/mpls-ops_archive.shtml |
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