MPLS FEC Label assignment
Hi
R1--R2--R3--R4--R5--20.0.0.0/8,30.0.0.0/8
By default both 20/8 and 30/8 on R1 have the exact same forwarding treatment:
the same Qos/forwarding class
the same MPLS VPN services
the same MPLS-TE
the same nexthop/outgoing int/path
but why on R1 give 20/8 label 200 and 30/8 label .300 ?
why R1 did not give them the exact same label if both prefix have the exact same forwarding treatment?
on R1:
forwarding treatment-1
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↓
FEC-1
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↓
Label 100
forwarding treatment-2
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↓
FEC-2
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↓
Label 200
but here both 20/8 and 30/8 have the exact same forwarding treatment which means both are on the same FEC but both have a different labels,why?
why do we have a FEC concept in the first place if MPLS does not use it at all and each route has it`s own label?
Posted Sep 29, 2026, 2:18 AM UTC