[[nsp] more confused routing]

sthaug at nethelp.no sthaug at nethelp.no
Sat Oct 25 03:50:52 EDT 2003


> That's something I've noticed for a while, but generally haven't lost 
> sleep over since it didn't seem to break anything.  I'm not sure why these 
> packets are getting MPLS tagged at all.  They're not to/from/inside a vrf.
> 
> Can the MPLS tag on a packet influence routing decisions for packets that 
> are not part of a MPLS VPN vrf?

Think about P routers - they don't know anything about VPNs, they route
based on label and incoming interface. So if a packet has an MPLS label,
the label most certainly will influence routing decisions.

Steinar Haug, Nethelp consulting, sthaug at nethelp.no


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