Subject: RE: Question in creating entries in ifStackTable...

From: "Cheenu Srinivasan" <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2001 13:32:42 -0400

Govind Haridass wrote:
>
> > >	"draft-ietf-mpls-lsr-mib-07.txt" says that the MPLS interface
> > >	should be above an "Underlying Layer..."  in the ifStackTable.
> > >
> > >	In our case we can start mpls over an IP interface.  Can the
> > >	"Underlying layer..." be the IP interface ?
> > 
> > Underlying layer is the one that MPLS is running on. What 
> do you mean
> > by "IP interface"?
> > 
> By IP interface I mean the ipForward interface (142).

You can layer the mpls interface over the ipForward layer.
Alternately, you could have layered it directly on top of the
underlying layer, for example ethernet.