Hello,
(I'm also reply to the new mpls-linux-general list at sourceforge,
you should have been added, please use this list in the future)
On Thu, Nov 30, 2000 at 06:29:35PM +0100, Mudra Peter wrote:
> Hi!
>
> I'd like to compare the mpls implementation to the "normal" best effort
> parameters. So the question is, how to measure for example the mpls
> set up time? I mean, is there a way to observe when routers
> agree about label mappings, FEC? Or am i rigth, that this is done
> when running mplsadm?
mplsadm is just a comand line utility that gives access to the
MPLS forwarding plane API. This API would be used by LDP
or RSVP-TE (if someone chooses to implement it, hint hint)
If you want to manually setup LSPs this is the tool to use.
If you want to dynamically setup LSPs use LDP.
> The other thing: how to measure the throughput? How can i observe,
> when mpls labeled packet go trough the network?
I'm not sure what you mean. Do you want to see the label stack?
Right now, I do it by hand, by using tcpdump. Maybe ethereal
has support for it now.
> What is the curent configuration?
> Ex: mpls-linux0.601 + lilnux-2.4.0-test10 + ldp-portable0.060.
> Do they work together, or should i use other versions?
I would change it to mpls-linux-0.700 linux-2.4.0-test11 and the soon
to be release ldp-portable0.065 :-)
When you say "work" what do you mean? ;-)
> And what can i do when compiling the ldp_linux? How to run it ?
There is a small amount of help. Run ldp_linux as root (hit enter
and then type ? and hit enter)
I just realize that the README for ldp_linux doesn't contain any info
how to run it. I will write up a README and add it to ldp-portable-0.065.
For now:
Start up ldp_linux:
./ldp_linux
Add a global object:
prompt> add global 172.16.0.1
Add an interface:
prompt> add interface eth1
Show the database of sent/received labels:
prompt> show database
Show the list of established sessions:
prompt> show session
Show the list of discovered adjacencies:
prompt> show adj
That should get you started. I will write a more complete doc.
Jim
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James R. Leu
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