No, no it's not. VPLS creates a transparent layer2 tunnel by itself running over switched or IP routed infrastructure. Overlaying QinQ on top of that can make certain deployment scenarios easier, but it also makes troubleshooting much, much harder.
On Feb 17, 2017 5:08 PM, "Carl Peterson" <cpeter...@portnetworks.com> wrote: > "You stretch vlans over your mpls fabric?" > Thats what VPLS is for... > > On Fri, Feb 17, 2017 at 6:02 PM, Cassidy B. Larson <c...@infowest.com> > wrote: > >> MPLS is supposed to be “faster” than pure IP routing. It wont have to >> lookup the full route in the route table.. just match the appropriate label >> to the label table. >> If that is true on Mikrotik, I couldn’t tell you. >> >> >> >> On Feb 17, 2017, at 3:59 PM, Sterling Jacobson <sterl...@avative.net> >> wrote: >> >> We use it for both and then a few more tags for business clients with >> multiple POPs hanging off our network. >> >> Works great. >> >> Just want to push the envelope more with my capacity. >> >> >> *From:* Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com <af-boun...@afmug.com>] *On >> Behalf Of *Jason McKemie >> *Sent:* Friday, February 17, 2017 3:36 PM >> *To:* af@afmug.com >> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] MPLS >> >> I was debating on whether to just use VPLS for my management traffic and >> then routing customer traffic as normal, or put both in separate VPLS >> instances. >> >> On Friday, February 17, 2017, Sterling Jacobson <sterl...@avative.net> >> wrote: >> >> I’m using it on 6.38 and so far so good. >> >> I use it all over and at the core. >> >> But I’m still experiencing ‘slow downs’ at the VPLS port where I don’t >> get 9Gbps anymore, and it appears to be reduced to 5Gbps and 2Gbps for >> up/down. >> >> So I’m thinking of reverting back to straight OSPF and VRRP for my main >> customer end routing. >> >> *From:* Af [mailto: <af-boun...@afmug.com>af-boun...@afmug.com] *On >> Behalf Of *Jason McKemie >> *Sent:* Friday, February 17, 2017 1:27 PM >> *To:* af@afmug.com >> *Subject:* [AFMUG] MPLS >> >> I'm starting to utilize MPLS/VPLS at the edge of my network for a >> specific location, but am wondering if there is any reason to not just use >> it all the way back to the core. What are the pros/cons of using MPLS? I >> would think that you could save some public IPs if nothing else. >> >> Also, has anyone had any issues with MPLS/VPLS on the latest stable >> RouterOS version (6.38.1)? >> >> -Jason >> >> >> > > > -- > > Carl Peterson > > *PORT NETWORKS* > > 401 E Pratt St, Ste 2553 > > Baltimore, MD 21202 > > (410) 637-3707 >
