Saturday, October 24, 2015

MPLS PART 2 - THE MPLS LABEL

MPLS LABEL



    The label is imposed between the data link layer (Layer 2) header and network layer (Layer 3) header. The top of the label stack appears first in the packet, and the bottom appears last. The network layer packetimmediately follows the last label in the label stack.

-        Bottom most label will be mpls vpn label, and top label will be for the Provider Edge egress side of routers
   
     An Ethernet header is modified to indicate the presence of an MPLS label.
• 0x8847 – indicates a labeled unicast IP packet
• 0x8848 – indicates a labeled multicast IP packet
• 0x0800 – indicates an unlabeled unicast IP packet



LETS HAVE A LOOK AT HOW MPLS PACKET LOOKS IN WIRESHARK






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