# How Segment Routing Is Simplifying Network Traffic Engineering

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Podcast: [Networking Tech with Fexingo: Internet Infrastructure, Routing, and Network Engineering](https://stenobird.com/podcast/networking-tech-with-fexingo-internet-infrastructure-routing-and-network-engineering-7871928)
Published: 2026-07-02T10:31:28+00:00
Episode link: https://audio.fexingo.com/business/networking-tech/episode-0086.mp3
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## Resource

Episode 86 of Networking Tech with Fexingo digs into segment routing - a modern traffic engineering approach that's replacing decades-old MPLS and RSVP-TE setups. Lucas and Luna walk through how segment routing encodes the entire forwarding path in the packet header, eliminating per-flow state on intermediate routers. They use a real-world example from a large cloud provider that cut network configuration complexity by 60 percent after migrating to segment routing with a controller-based architecture. The hosts also compare segment routing to MPLS, discuss SRv6 (Segment Routing over IPv6), and explain why internet exchange points and content delivery networks are early adopters. If you work in network engineering or just want to understand how the internet's underlying traffic steering is evolving, this episode offers a clear, example-driven explanation. #SegmentRouting #SRMPLS #SRv6 #TrafficEngineering #MPLS #RSVPTE #NetworkEngineering #Routing #NetworkAutomation #IGP #BGP #ControllerBasedNetworking #PCEP #NetworkSimplification #CloudNetworking #ContentDelivery #InternetInfrastructure #FexingoBusiness Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo

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