Tag: LSP

MPLS – LSP Path Selection, LIB, LFIB, RIB, FIB, and CEF forwarding reviewed, how to view the tables, and how they all work to get traffic to its destination network!

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The above Topology is how traffic say from Customer site Looped 1 would Label Switch traffic over to Looped2 on the right hand side of the Topology, and I will review exactly how the LSR's know where to send a packet when it arrives with a local label but multiple neighbors advertising label bindings for … Continue reading MPLS – LSP Path Selection, LIB, LFIB, RIB, FIB, and CEF forwarding reviewed, how to view the tables, and how they all work to get traffic to its destination network! →

MPLS – A brief introduction, and a technical overview of MPLS Mechanisms and Terminology visually demonstrated!

Posted on by Loopy

  A very brief introduction to MPLS, and the benefits it provides to customers MPLS is the realization from its predecessors ATM and Frame-Relay that a more efficient, lower cost, and higher speed WAN packet switching solution was needed in the late 90's which gave way to the IETF coming up with MPLS. For all … Continue reading MPLS – A brief introduction, and a technical overview of MPLS Mechanisms and Terminology visually demonstrated! →