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Re: MPLS on Interface

  • From: sthaug@nethelp.no
  • Date: Sun, 23 Jan 2005 22:39:23 +0100
  • Cc: mpls-ops@mplsrc.com
  • Resent-Date: Sun, 23 Jan 2005 17:03:58 -0500
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> <p>Lotus notes not listening to me...i have again changed the settings....................hope this time its plain text..........<br>

Nope. If you try again I'll be nice and answer this time :-)

> Originally MPLS was developed for getting the speed of L2 and the
> ease of L3.although this original intention is no longer the main
> driver for deploying MPLS.....but TE,VPN's,COS are all DERIVED
> applications.

Who cares if they are derived? I think it's fair to say that TE and VPNs
are the main uses of MPLS today.

> suppose i forget these derived applications and talk about a basic
> MPLS cloud what would be the nature of traffic flow across it - that
> is the question...

If you exclude TE and VPNs, why do you believe *any* traffic would be
MPLS encapsulated?

Steinar Haug, Nethelp consulting, sthaug@nethelp.no

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