[192139] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: MPLS in the campus Network?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Mark Tinka)
Fri Oct 21 12:47:10 2016
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steven brock <ef14019@gmail.com>
From: Mark Tinka <mark.tinka@seacom.mu>
Date: Fri, 21 Oct 2016 18:44:38 +0200
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On 21/Oct/16 16:19, Marian Ďurkovič wrote:
>
> Much easier to setup, operate & maintain than MPLS and obviously much
> lower cost. Based on 6-months production experience, my recommendation
> would be to stay away from MPLS in the campus.
I'd be curious to hear what MPLS-specific issues you faced in the 6
months you had to operate such a network.
Been running IP/MPLS Core, Edge and Access networks for over 15 years,
and apart from bugs which affect any protocol or feature implementation,
I can't say it has been a nightmare to operate to the point of not
recommending it.
I have far fewer words to say about STP, although - I'll admit - I've
never run TRILL.
Mark.
