[f-nsp] how to transport 802.1q-tagged ethernet over mpls without using double-tagging?

[Martin Pels]

Hi Gunther,

On Tue, 8 Jun 2010 14:46:18 +0200
"Gunther Stammwitz" <gstammw at gmx.net> wrote:

> Hello,
> 
>  
> 
> I'd like to connect two CE-switches that speak 802.1q tagged vlans
> (1untagged, 5 and 10 tagged) with each other over a MPLS core.
> 
> Mpls always wants to use vlan-tag it receives on the port of the PE
> router to identify individual vll or vpls-services.
> 
> How can I turn this off? I simply want to carry all the traffic
> including the tags over the cloud to the edge router.

You should be able to achieve this by configuring your VPLS instances
in tagged mode. Set "vc-mode tagged" in VPLS context.

Kind regards,
Martin