From owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jun 3 14:45:35 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: net@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 93B4A106564A for ; Fri, 3 Jun 2011 14:45:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from melifaro@ipfw.ru) Received: from no.spam.no.ddos.ru (no.spam.no.ddos.ru [IPv6:2a02:978:2:1000::3]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 211598FC17 for ; Fri, 3 Jun 2011 14:45:34 +0000 (UTC) Received: from bibi.ipfw.ru (birdie.ipv6.meganet.ru [IPv6:2a02:978::1008]) by no.spam.no.ddos.ru (Postfix) with ESMTPA id 1BB2E35EFC6; Fri, 3 Jun 2011 18:44:11 +0400 (MSD) Message-ID: <4DE8F2B3.2070509@ipfw.ru> Date: Fri, 03 Jun 2011 18:41:55 +0400 From: "Alexander V. Chernikov" User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; FreeBSD amd64; en-US; rv:1.9.2.13) Gecko/20110301 Thunderbird/3.1.7 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Pawel Tyll References: <8010061758.20110603160430@nitronet.pl> In-Reply-To: <8010061758.20110603160430@nitronet.pl> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: MPLS X-BeenThere: freebsd-net@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Networking and TCP/IP with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 03 Jun 2011 14:45:35 -0000 On 03.06.2011 18:04, Pawel Tyll wrote: > Hi list, > > I've mailed FreeBSD Foundation about this, but for wider exposure this > seems like a good place too. > > We are currently looking for some hardware solution that supports MPLS > and VPLS tunnels for IP and PPPoE (at the same end-point interface). > While testing RedBack SmartEdge router and seeing how configuration of > this box is horrible and inflexible, and getting inspired by Luigi's > post about netmap, I figured: FreeBSD is robust enough, it performs > fast enough on current hardware, mpd works fine, dummynet works fine > (except for last zero-pointer hickup :P) - all that's missing for me > is MPLS support. > > To the point: is there someone able to make this happen? All I found > was pretty dated info about porting Ayame MPLS stack by Matthew > Luckie, but Ayame itself has seen last update dated at 2003. IIRC > there was some google SoC project last year, but nothing came to > fruition out of it to my knowledge. I hope I'm not the only one that > would benefit from MPLS support on FreeBSD, maybe there are other > companies that could scrap up some funds to sponsor work in this area? Actually, I'm working on MPLS support. Project page: http://freebsd.mpls.in Wiki: http://freebsd.mpls.in/wiki/index.php?title=Architecture Documentation is a bit outdated especially in QoS case I plan to get L3VPN working in several weeks > It's surely doable, mikrotik has done it on their cheap routerboards, > and it's working - so lets not get behind too far :) > > Awaiting your thoughts, > > Pawel Tyll > Nitronet Sp. z o.o. > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-net@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-net > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-net-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"