RE: [nsp] MPLS on GRE tunnel

From: Zaheer Aziz (zaziz@cisco.com)
Date: Fri Apr 12 2002 - 18:11:25 EDT


At 04:45 PM 4/12/2002 -0500, Turpin, Mark wrote:
>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?

In cases where devices in the some part of the network cannot run MPLS
(legacy equipment/software,
Administrative friction :-) etc etc ) this could come as a handy solution.

Yes you would be tunneling MPLS :-)

Zaheer

>/mt



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