Subject: Re: SHIM header

From: Jeremy Lawrence <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 03 Aug 2000 16:17:26 +1000

The "shim" header and generic MPLS header are the same thing.
"Shim" is colloquial name, describing the MPLS header as
small extra piece (in this case, inserted between the layer 3
header and layer 2 header). See
http://www.dictionary.com/cgi-bin/dict.pl?term=shim

Regards,

Jeremy Lawrence

At 10:04 08/03/2000 +0530, Ramanjaneyulu Y T wrote:
>Hi,
>   
>    I want to know about SHIM header format . What is difference between
>MPLS and SHIM header format. MPLS header contains the following fields.  
>        Label ( 20)
>        EXP (3)
>        BOS ( 1)
>        TTL (8)
>     Please suggest some references for SHIM header format.
>   
>         ThankQ.
>                                         
>                                         Regards
>                                        Ramanjaneyulu Y.T. 
> 
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