Re: [mpls-linux-general] MPLS over ATM (2684bridgedPVC)

[James R. L. <jl...@mi...>]

On Wed, Dec 12, 2001 at 05:50:27PM +0530, Vivek Agarwal wrote:
Hi ,
<p>I am new to MPLS and am planning to use the 2684bridged encapsulation
to create interfaces for running mpls over atm.
<br>The example suggests using `atmarp` from the clip package to create
the interface, but is it possible to use the atm interface created by 2684
bridgedPVC patch for atm for MPLS.
<br>Reason being with `atmarp` we can only create one IP interface (i.e.
"atm&lt;no.>") where the "no." depends on itf number of the NIC.
<br>Please correct me if i am wrong.
<p>Thanks in advance

I haven't tried yet.  Can you give me an example of how you create
an RFC 2684 vc on linux.  My gut feeling is that if it doesn't work, it
shouldn't take much to make it work.

Jim

PS as an aside, I feel that the linux-atm design doesn't work well for
"router" like functionality.  The linux-atm group devloped their software
for application devleopment and workstations.  It will need to be re-written
for it to fit correctly into a "router" like environment.

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James R. Leu
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