Cisco Easy Virtual Network – Because MPLS Is Too Complicated¡

Oh my. Cisco thinks MPLS is too complicated for Enterprises so it’s invented a new proprietary protocol called EVN (Easy Virtual Network).

Packet Pushers – Show 31 – Don’t Take It Too Seriously

A mixed bag of topics this week, some from people who have written in and some more general topics.

Packet Pushers – Show 20 – Impromptu Crowdsourcing

The Pushers squeeze another show that’s long on waffle, but interspersed with some very fine technical sauce. And laughter.

DSCP QoS Over MPLS Thoughts

I have been working on the edge of MPLS networks for several years and had a basic understating of DSCP QoS values that I was sending into the cloud and expecting them to pop onto the LAN at the other side the same. The QoS queues on the CE’s were already setup and I have had no reason to change then until recently for a new VOIP project; this and my studying for CCIE SP written has prompted me to understand DSCP in depth but also understand how this LAN QoS maps to MPLS QoS.