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MPLS Performance analysis.....

  • From: Curtis Villamizar <curtis@avici.com>
  • Date: Tue, 30 May 2000 17:38:40 -0400
  • cc: Sean Doran <smd@ebone.net>, mpls@UU.NET


In message <3932DDD1.805FDAA7@nortelnetworks.com>, "Loa Andersson" writes:
> 
> 
> Sean Doran wrote:
> > 
> > Several people write:
> > 
> > > [lots of commentary about how wonderful MPLS is at making forwarding fast]
> > 
> So comments are basically wrong, HW forwarding on IP header is exactly
> as fast as Label based forwarding- wired speed!
> 
> BTW - who were the people that made those comments?


Loa,

I was one of those people.  Doing the IP destination lookup is no
longer a limiting factor for modern routers.

Curtis