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.
mpe interfaces support the following
unique ioctls:
- 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.
SEE ALSO
sysctl(2), 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>.