[j-nsp] Usage of Route distinguisher in VPLS

[Jeff Tantsura]

Hi Monika,

You use RD in VPLS if you use BGP (Draft Kompella) for signalling.
If you use LDP (Draft Lasserre-Vkompella) you don't need it.

Regards,
Jeff
> -----Original Message-----
> From: juniper-nsp-bounces at puck.nether.net [mailto:juniper-nsp-
> bounces at puck.nether.net] On Behalf Of Monika M
> Sent: dinsdag 26 juni 2007 15:19
> To: juniper-nsp
> Subject: [j-nsp] Usage of Route distinguisher in VPLS
> 
> Hi,
>           In L3VPN, The purpose of the Route Distinguisher is solely to
> allow one to create distinct routes to a common IPv4  address prefix.
> 
> But why do we need Route distinguisher for VPLS?
> 
> Was this added to VPLS to be consistent with L3VPN?
> 
> 
> -Monika
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