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   From: mark_cruzNOTFORSPAM@hotmail.com   
      
   "Mark"  wrote in message   
   news:jl4vc3$sng$1@speranza.aioe.org...   
   > Hello   
   >   
   > studying new for me material on MPLS, and have a few questions on it:   
   > With my current understanding, to have mpls correctly run on a router, one   
   > needs a routing protocol(s) on the same router, which will obtain prefixes   
   > for routing table (for ex. OSPF). Now, MPLS operates with labels, but it   
   > has to know about routes, right -- so that's where routing protocol is   
   > required, am I on the right track?   
   >   
   > The other thing is equal-cost paths: is this what MPLS can also obtain   
   > from routing entities, or such information can be provided by label   
   > distributing protocols, for ex. LDP ?   
   >   
      
   Also, one more thing -- rfc031 says about ILM or FTN tables mapping "to a   
   set of NHLFEs". I can't understand how it is possible to have a *set* of   
   nexthop entries? Could someone elaborate on this?   
   Thanks.   
      
   Mark   
      
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