Category Archives: MPLS

mpls: layer3-vpns, pe-ce routing protocol – ospf

Posted on November 2, 2012 by markus.wirth

Hello everyone! Right now I am going to show how to use OSPF as a PE-CE routing protocol when using MPLS VPNs. Here is our topology (same topology like with the other protocols used): Given: – a small MPLS backbone … Continue reading →

mpls: layer3-vpns, pe-ce routing protocol – eigrp

Posted on November 2, 2012 by markus.wirth

Hello everyone! Right now I am going to show how to use EIGRP as a PE-CE routing protocol when using MPLS VPNs. Here is our topology (same topology like with the other protocols used): Given: – a small MPLS backbone … Continue reading →

Posted in MPLS, Routing | Tagged Border Gateway Protocol, eigrp, eigrpo, Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol, layer 3 vpn, ldp, MPLS, mpls ip, mpls ldp, mpls vpn, Multiprotocol Label Switching, mutual, Open Shortest Path First, PE router, pe-ce, redistribution, Router, Virtual private network, Virtual Routing and Forwarding, vpn | 1 Comment

mpls: layer3-vpns, pe-ce routing protocol – rip

Posted on November 1, 2012 by markus.wirth

Hello everyone! Today I am going to show how to use a variety of routing protocols to be used as PE-CE routing protocol when you are connected to a MPLS VPN service provider or when you act as a provider. … Continue reading →

Posted in MPLS, Routing, Uncategorized | Tagged Border Gateway Protocol, ldp, MPLS, Multiprotocol Label Switching, mutual, Open Shortest Path First, PE router, pe-ce, redistribution, rip, ripv2, Router, Virtual private network, Virtual Routing and Forwarding | Leave a comment

mpls: ospf sham link – why? and howto!

Posted on November 1, 2012 by markus.wirth

Hello everybody. Today I decided to write a post about OSPF SHAM LINK which is used in MPLS networks. Before giving a short explanation for what the sham link is used I will show you the topology as its a … Continue reading →

Posted in MPLS | Tagged bgp, Border Gateway Protocol, Internet service provider, IP address, ldp, MP BGP, MPLS, mpls ip, mpls ldp, Multiprotocol Label Switching, mutual redistribution, Open Shortest Path First, PE router, redistribution, Router, sham, sham link, shamlink, Virtual Routing and Forwarding | 18 Comments

mpls: ldp neighbor relationship with md5 password authentication – part 2

Posted on October 29, 2012 by markus.wirth

Hi again and welcome to the second part of the LDP authentication section. This time we will configure some errors to have a look on the he behaviour of the routers and what we can do to troubleshoot it.behaviour of … Continue reading →

Posted in MPLS, Uncategorized | Tagged Authentication, Cisco, GNS3, ldp, ldp password, md5, MPLS, Password, troubleshooting, tshoot | 2 Comments

mpls: ldp neighbor relationship with md5 password authentication – part 1

Posted on October 25, 2012 by markus.wirth

Hi everybody! Today a simple but sometimes time consuming topic, when it comes to troubleshooting. MPLS LDP neighbor relationships with password authentication. So we have quite a simple topology. Lets only use two neighboring routers because usually LDP is only … Continue reading →

Posted in MPLS | Tagged Authentication, Cisco, configuration, IP address, Label Distribution Protocol, ldp, Loopback, Markus, MPLS, mpls ip, mpls ldp, Multiprotocol Label Switching, Open Shortest Path First, Router, Transmission Control Protocol, troubleshooting | 4 Comments

mpls: pseudowire emulation / any tansport over mpls – interconnecting sites via layer 2 – (part 2)

Posted on October 7, 2012 by markus.wirth

Hi again! Now its time for part 2 of the MPLS Layer 2 interconection between two sites. Challenge: – interconnect two sites via PEM but without an MPLS enabled service provider network Preconfigured & given: – topology of Part 1 … Continue reading →

Posted in MPLS | Tagged any transport over mpls, atom, eompls, Generic Routing Encapsulation, gre, Internet Control Message Protocol, Internet Protocol, IP address, Label Distribution Protocol, Loopback, Multiprotocol Label Switching, pem, pseudowire emaulation, Transmission Control Protocol | Leave a comment

mpls: pseudowire emulation / any tansport over mpls – interconnecting sites via layer 2 – (part 1)

Posted on October 6, 2012 by markus.wirth

Hi everybody! Today I am going to introduce a new challenge that takes care of MPLS and pseudowire emulation. Challenge: – connect two sites via a MPLS VPN Backbone at layer 2 Given: – a “SP” network without MPLS capabilities … Continue reading →

Posted in MPLS, Uncategorized | Tagged any transport over mpls, atom, Border Gateway Protocol, emulation, Gateway, imposition, IS-IS, Label Distribution Protocol, ldp, Loopback, MPLS, mpls switching, Multiprotocol Label Switching, Open Shortest Path First, pem, popping, pseudowire | 2 Comments

mpls: simple and advanced inter-vrf routing/leaking

Posted on September 19, 2012 by markus.wirth

Hello everybody! Today I will spend some time in demonstrating how to route between separate VRF instances on a local router. Special prerequisites: – Understanding of VRF lite Topology: Our topology exists of three routers. Quite simple for the beginning … Continue reading →

Posted in MPLS, Uncategorized | Tagged bgp, Border Gateway Protocol, Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol, Fast Ethernet, Gateway, IP address, IS-IS, leaking, MP BGP, MPBGP, MPLS, mpls vpn, Open Shortest Path First, route-import, route-leaking, route-target export, Static routing, vrf, vrf lite | 8 Comments

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