Cisco Networks: Engineers' Handbook of Routing, Switching, and Security with IOS, NX-OS, and ASA

© Chris Carthern and William Wilson and Noel Rivera 2021

C. Carthern et al.Cisco Networkshttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-6672-4_23

23. Multiprotocol Label Switching

Chris Carthern¹  , William Wilson² and Noel Rivera³

(1)

Bangkok, Krung Thep, Thailand

(2)

FPO, AP, USA

(3)

APO, AE, USA

 

A book on modern network technologies is not complete without a discussion on Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS). This chapter provides an overview of MPLS and covers how to configure and troubleshoot it. It also discusses protocols that commonly use MPLS for their underlying transport.

Multiprotocol Label Switching Basics

MPLS is frequently associated with layer 3 MPLS Virtual Private Networks (VPNs), but it functions on its own. In a vendor-agnostic environment, MPLS ...