Re: [mpls-linux-general] Help new comer, please (mplsadm)

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

On Sun, Oct 05, 2003 at 02:19:30PM +0700, hoangthanh19 wrote:
> Do I need to install all packets iptable, zebra ...(do they really need?
> they make me confuse very much ) to run MPLS in Linux? Because I have not
> run mpls-linux successfully, so I want to approach it as much simple as
> possible first. I have patch linux kernel for Linux, compile and install
> kernel, compile mplsadm successfully (after read README.1st) but there is
> still not directory mpls in /proc/net/ ?! and when I add new label
> (mplsadm -O 0x00000000 -o push:gen:16:set:eth0:ipv4:128.104.18.114) , it
> said invalid!
> What basic thing do I need to do run mpls? Please tell me, thanks in
> advance!

It depends on what you are trying to do.  If you want to manually create
LSPs then all you will need is a MPLS enabled kernel, mplsadm2, MPLS
enabled 'iproute2' or MPLS enabled 'iptables'.  If you want to dynamically
create LSPs via LDP then you need all of the above _and_ a MPLS enabled
zebra.

If you are having difficulty compiling and installing a new kernel
I suggest looking at you distributions documentation about compiling
your own kenel, or read the Linux kernel howto:

http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Kernel-HOWTO/

BTW what distribution are you running?

-- 
James R. Leu
jl...@mi...