Was MPLS Necessary?

Re:Was MPLS Necessary? by betaby on Monday September 26, 2022 @07:53PM (#32990152)

Probably. LDP on other hand - no. Not really.

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Re:Was MPLS Necessary? by davidro80 on Monday September 26, 2022 @07:54PM (#32990165)

How else were labels going to be distributed at a foundational level?

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Re:Was MPLS Necessary? by betaby on Monday September 26, 2022 @09:06PM (#32990586)

ISIS of course, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IS-IS ... precisely how it's done for SR+MLPS.

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Re:Was MPLS Necessary? by throwbigdata on Monday September 26, 2022 @11:20PM (#32991231)

Hell, yeah.

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Re:Was MPLS Necessary? by drbruced on Monday September 26, 2022 @09:07PM (#32990595)

Label distribution in BGP covered a lot of the most impactful use cases, RSVP_TE covered the next tier.

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