RE: [nsp] MPLS on GRE tunnel

From: Turpin, Mark (MTurpin@chartercom.com)
Date: Fri Apr 12 2002 - 17:45:57 EDT

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Hi,

> In network where intermediate routers cannot run MPLS, GRE encapsulation
> will carry
> labelled packets across non-MPLS network
>
> Zaheer

So you would then be tunneling MPLS across a vanilla IP network. In essence
losing the benefit of MPLS, no?

/mt

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