Is MPLS a WAN technology or a WAN protocol?

[ashkanmanuni]

Is MPLS a WAN technology or a WAN protocol?

[Sandip Rathod · Accepted solution]

Hi Ashkan

I would says MPLS is lable switching technology

If you really need to know definition, read this

http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3031.txt

Regards,

Sandip

[sean_evershed · Accepted solution]

The use of MPLS is not just limited to WANs, you can also use within your LAN. Multi-tenanted data centres built on MPLS VPNs is a good example of this:

http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/solutions/Enterprise/Data_Center/VMDC/2-2/design_guide/vmdcDesign22/VMDC_2-2_DG_1.html

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