The MPLS-OPS Archive[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next] [Date Index][Thread Index][Author Index][Subject Index] Re: MPLS vs IP forwarding speed..
cant help but get a sense of deja-vu............. even when i was puzzled....sthaug helped me out... ram-- yes refer the old discussions and also...refer the book by davie/rekhter.. rgds, devendra vyas On 4/21/05, sthaug@nethelp.no <sthaug@nethelp.no> wrote: > > One of the initial proposed advantages of MPLS(tag switching at that time) > > was that label switching can be done faster than IP forwarding/switching. > > Its now said that with the kind of routers we have today this difference > > is negligible. More so in the case of routers with hardware assisted > > forwarding. Has there been any tests (on different vendors' routers) > > which conclusively shows that the difference is really negligible even > > for amount of traffic handled by Internet core routers today ? > > This has been discussed several times on the list (have a look in the > archives), and there's really no need to restart the discussion. It > has been stated authoritatively, by people working for the vendors, > that any difference in forwarding speed is negligible. MPLS gives you > other, interesting and useful features - but increased forwarding > speed is not one of them. > > Steinar Haug, Nethelp consulting, sthaug@nethelp.no > > ------- > The MPLS-OPS Mailing List > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://www.mplsrc.com/mplsops.shtml > Archive: http://www.mplsrc.com/mpls-ops_archive.shtml > > MPLScon 2005 - May 16-19, NYC, NY > http://www.mplscon.com/ > ------- The MPLS-OPS Mailing List Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://www.mplsrc.com/mplsops.shtml Archive: http://www.mplsrc.com/mpls-ops_archive.shtml MPLScon 2005 - May 16-19, NYC, NY http://www.mplscon.com/
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