It seems that Mikrotik need to write a new software based MPLS data plane (FastPath module in Mikrotik terminology) that can distribute load across multiple cores.
And while the code and protocols are fresh in the developers minds, having a VPLS FastPath module would be great too.
I know that elsewhere on the forum there are discussions about MPLS Hardware Forwarding. This is very important for platforms like the CCR2216, CCR2116 and the CRS's but will be quite restricted in the label depth and number of VLAN TAG's that can be decapsulated. It will also not benefit any of the other Mikrotik platforms that are in widespread use within ISP's.
In my opinion Mikrotik need both hardware accelerated forwarding and a software "FastPath" that can spread the load across multiple cores.
And while the code and protocols are fresh in the developers minds, having a VPLS FastPath module would be great too.
I know that elsewhere on the forum there are discussions about MPLS Hardware Forwarding. This is very important for platforms like the CCR2216, CCR2116 and the CRS's but will be quite restricted in the label depth and number of VLAN TAG's that can be decapsulated. It will also not benefit any of the other Mikrotik platforms that are in widespread use within ISP's.
In my opinion Mikrotik need both hardware accelerated forwarding and a software "FastPath" that can spread the load across multiple cores.
Statistics: Posted by nz_monkey — Tue Feb 06, 2024 7:22 am