10+ Mpls Background. Multiprotocol label switching (mpls) is a routing technique in telecommunications networks that directs data from one node to the next based on short path labels rather than long network addresses. It was originally developed in the late 1990s to provide faster packet forwarding for ip routers.
What does multi protocol label switching mean?
It was originally developed in the late 1990s to provide faster packet forwarding for ip routers. We have also dealt with linux filters and linux queuing. Mpls tutorial is a simple tutorial for mpls, diffserv and mpls over diffserv.it also deals with snmp and how to set up linux mpls routers at lab. Multiprotocol label switching (mpls) is a protocol that uses labels to route packets instead of using ip addresses.