NAME
mpe —
MPLS Provider Edge
SYNOPSIS
pseudo-device mpe
DESCRIPTION
The mpe interface is a Multiprotocol Label
Switching (MPLS) Provider Edge pseudo-device used to enter and leave an MPLS
domain.
An mpe interface can be created at runtime
using the ifconfig mpeN
create command or by setting up a
hostname.if(5) configuration file for
netstart(8). The interface itself can be configured with
ifconfig(8); see its manual page for more information.
IOCTLS
The following ioctl(2) calls are specific to mpe,
mpip(4) and
mpw(4)
interfaces:
- SIOCSETLABEL
- Encapsulate packets entering this interface in MPLS using the specified label.
- SIOCGETLABEL
- Report the label that packets entering this interface will be tagged with.
- SIOCDELLABEL
- Unset the MPLS label.
SEE ALSO
sysctl(2), mpip(4), mpw(4), hostname.if(5), ifconfig(8), ldpd(8), netstart(8)
HISTORY
The mpe device first appeared in
OpenBSD 4.4.
AUTHORS
The mpe driver was written by
Pierre-Yves Ritschard
<pyr@openbsd.org>.