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  • From: David Charlap <david.charlap@marconi.com>
  • Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2000 10:44:19 -0400
  • CC: mpls@UU.NET

Manal Afify wrote:
> 
> As a general question:
> 
> How does an LSR know when to swap, pop, or push a label...does it have
> to be provisioned?

It's not provisioned.  It is signalled.  The routers dynamically
configure themselves to do this in reponse to the signalling packets
(LDP or RSVP) that are used to establish the LSP in the first place.

-- David

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      • From: Manal Afify <manal.afify@usa.alcatel.com>