Re: Just shy of OT MPLS Question

Thanks for responding. Technically the outer labels come from LDP or
RSVP. They are then mapped to the route for the endpoints of the
LSP/tunnel. I was just wondering why this couldn't be built with BGP
instead of an IGP.

ALL From_NJ <all.from.nj_at_gmail.com> wrote on 12/21/2009 09:43:40 PM:

> Good evening Sir,
>
> I am pressed for time, so please forgive the quick and short
> response. Outer labels come from IGP, and not from BGP ... so no
> way to use BGP for this. HTH,
>
> Andrew Lee Lissitz
>

> On Mon, Dec 21, 2009 at 9:07 PM, <Keegan.Holley_at_sungard.com> wrote:
> Does anyone know why you cannot use BGP routes to build MPLS tunnels.
 Is
> it the obvious (slow hello timers, possibly next hop ambiguity) or is
> there something inherent in the protocol suite (MPLS, RSVP, LDP) that
> makes it impossible.
> Not that I would ever want to... Just a little curious.
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