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Creating an MPLS VPN

Bystretch Monday,May16,2011at1:17a.m.UTC

Today we're going to look at the configuration required to create a basic MPLS VPN servicing two customers, each with a
presenceattwophysicalsites.Ifyou'reunfamiliarwiththeconceptsofMPLSswitchingandVRFsonCiscoIOS,youmay
wanttocheckoutafewofmypastarticlesbeforecontinuing:
IntrotoVRFlite
InterVRFRoutingwithVRFLite
GettingtoknowMPLS
Ourlabtopologylookslikethis:

Asareview,recallthat
P(provider)routersareISPcorerouterswhichdon'tconnecttocustomerroutersandtypicallyrunonlyMPLS
PE(provideredge)routersconnecttocustomersitesandformtheedgeofaVPN
CE(customeredge)routersexistattheedgeofacustomersitetheyhavenoVPNawareness
anIGPrunningamongallPandPEroutersisusedtosupportLDPandBGPadjacencieswithintheprovidernetwork
MPBGPisrunonlyamongPErouters

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anIGP(typically)isrunbetweeneachCErouteranditsupstreamPErouter
Inourlab,OSPFisalreadyinoperationastheprovidernetworkIGP.OSPFprocesseshavealsobeenpreconfiguredonthe
CEroutershowever,theseOSPFtopologieswillremainseparatefromtheproviderOSPF.
TherearefivecoretasksweneedtoaccomplishtogetanMPLSVPNupandrunning:
1. EnableMPLSontheproviderbackbone.
2. CreateVRFsandassignroutedinterfacestothem.
3. ConfigureMPBGPbetweenthePErouters.
4. ConfigureOSPFbetweeneachPErouteranditsattachedCErouters.
5. Enablerouteredistributionbetweenthecustomersitesandthebackbone.
Although plenty of CLI outputs are shown below, you may want to grab the finished router configurations if you'd like to
duplicatethelabonyourown.

Enable MPLS
FirstweneedtoenableMPLSonallPPandPPElinkswiththemplsipinterfacecommand.MPLSisno enabledonany
CEfacing interfaces CE routers do not run MPLS, just plain IP routing. LDP is enabled automatically as the default label
distribution protocol (versus Cisco's legacy TDP). LDP typically runs between loopback addresses not directly reachable by
LDPpeers,whichiswhyit'simportanttoconfigureanIGPinthecorebeforeenablingMPLS.
WecanverifytheconfigurationofMPLSinterfaceswithshowmplsinterfaces.

P1(c fig)#interfacef0/1
P1(c figif)#mplsip
P1(c figif)#interfacef1/0
P1(c figif)#mplsip
P1(c figif)#doshowmplsinterfaces
I e faceIPT e O e a i a
Fa E he e 0/1Ye ( d )N Ye
Fa E he e 1/0Ye ( d )N Ye

P2(c
P2(c
P2(c
P2(c

fig)#interfacef0/1
figif)#mplsip
figif)#interfacef1/0
figif)#mplsip

PE1(c fig)#interfacef1/0
PE1(c figif)#mplsip

PE2(c fig)#interfacef1/0
PE2(c figif)#mplsip

LDPadjacenciescanbeverifiedwiththecommandshowmplsldpneighbor:

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P1#showmplsldpneighbor
Pee LDPIde :10.0.0.2:0L ca LDPIde 10.0.0.1:0
TCPc ec i :10.0.0.2.4511410.0.0.1.646
S a e:O e M g e / c d:12/13D
ea
U i e:00:02:43
LDPdi c e
ce :
Fa E he e 0/1,S cIPadd :10.0.9.2
Add e e b d ee LDPIde :
10.0.9.210.0.9.910.0.0.2
Pee LDPIde :10.0.0.3:0L ca LDPIde 10.0.0.1:0
TCPc ec i :10.0.0.3.2032710.0.0.1.646
S a e:O e M g e / c d:12/12D
ea
U i e:00:02:25
LDPdi c e
ce :
Fa E he e 1/0,S cIPadd :10.0.9.6
Add e e b d ee LDPIde :
10.0.9.610.0.0.3

Create and Assign VRFs

OurnextstepistocreatecustomerVRFsonourPEroutersandassignthecustomerfacinginterfacestothem.Weneedto
assign each VRF a route distinguisher (RD) to uniquely identify prefixes as belonging to that VRF and one or more route
targets(RTs)tospecifyhowroutesshouldbeimportedtoandexportedfromtheVRF.
We'llusearoutedistinguisherforeachVRFintheformof<ASN>:<c ome n mbe >.Forsimplicity,we'llreusethesame
valueasbothanimportandexportroutetargetwithineachVRF(thoughwearefreetochooseadifferentoradditionalroute
targetsifweprefer).VRFconfigurationmustbeperformedonbothPErouters.

PE1(c
PE1(c
PE1(c
PE1(c
PE1(c
PE1(c

fig)#ipvrfCustomer_A
fig f)#rd65000:1
fig f)#routetargetboth65000:1
fig f)#ipvrfCustomer_B
fig f)#rd65000:2
fig f)#routetargetboth65000:2

PE2(c
PE2(c
PE2(c
PE2(c
PE2(c
PE2(c

fig)#ipvrfCustomer_A
fig f)#rd65000:1
fig f)#routetargetboth65000:1
fig f)#ipvrfCustomer_B
fig f)#rd65000:2
fig f)#routetargetboth65000:2

Thecommandroutetargetbothisusedasashortcutforthetwocommandsroutetargetimport and route

targetexport,whichappearseparatelyintherunningconfiguration.
NowweneedtoassigntheappropriateinterfacestoeachVRFandreapplytheirIPaddresses.(Assigninganinterfacetoa
VRFautomaticallywipesitofanyconfiguredIPaddresses.YourversionofIOSmayormaynotinformyouofthiswhenit
happens.)ThecommandshowipvrfinterfacescanbeusedtoverifyinterfaceVRFassignmentandaddressing.

PE1(c fig)#interfacef0/0
PE1(c figif)#ipvrfforwardingCustomer_A
%I e faceFa E he e 0/0IPadd e 10.0.1.1 e edd e e ab i gVRFC
PE1(c figif)#ipaddress10.0.1.1255.255.255.252

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PE1(c figif)#interfacef0/1
PE1(c figif)#ipvrfforwardingCustomer_B
%I e faceFa E he e 0/1IPadd e 10.0.1.5 e edd e e ab i gVRFC
e _B
PE1(c figif)#ipaddress10.0.1.5255.255.255.252
PE1(c figif)#^Z
PE1#showipvrfinterfaces
I e faceIPAdd e VRFP
c
Fa0/010.0.1.1C
e _A
Fa0/110.0.1.5C
e _B

PE2(c fig)#interfacef0/0
PE2(c figif)#ipvrfforwardingCustomer_A
%I e faceFa E he e 0/0IPadd e 10.0.2.1 e edd e e ab i gVRFC
e _A
PE2(c figif)#ipaddress10.0.2.1255.255.255.252
PE2(c figif)#interfacef0/1
PE2(c figif)#ipvrfforwardingCustomer_B
%I e faceFa E he e 0/1IPadd e 10.0.2.5 e edd e e ab i gVRFC
e _B
PE2(c figif)#ipaddress10.0.2.5255.255.255.252
PE2(c figif)#^Z
PE2#showipvrfinterfaces
I e faceIPAdd e VRFP
c
Fa0/010.0.2.1C
e _A
Fa0/110.0.2.5C
e _B

Configure MP-BGP on the PE Routers

This is where things start to get interesting. In order to advertise VRF routes from one PE router to the other, we must
configure multiprotocol BGP (MPBGP). MPBGP is a little different from legacy BGP in that it supports multiple add e
familie (e.g. IPv4 and IPv6) over a common BGP adjacency. It also supports the advertisement of VPN routes, which are
longerthannormalroutesduetotheadditionofa64bitroutedistinguisher(whichweassignedunderVRFconfiguration).
MPBGP runs only on the PE routers: P routers rely entirely on the provider IGP and MPLS to forward traffic through the
providernetwork,andCEroutershavenoknowledgeofroutesoutsidetheirownVRF.
MinimalMPBGPconfigurationisprettystraightforward.BothPEroutersexistinBGPAS65000.

PE1(c
PE1(c
PE1(c
PE1(c
PE1(c

fig)#routerbgp65000
fig
e )#neighbor10.0.0.4remoteas65000
fig
e )#neighbor10.0.0.4updatesourceloopback0
fig
e )#addressfamilyvpnv4
fig
e af)#neighbor10.0.0.4activate

PE2(c
PE2(c
PE2(c
PE2(c
PE2(c

fig)#routerbgp65000
fig
e )#neighbor10.0.0.3remoteas65000
fig
e )#neighbor10.0.0.3updatesourceloopback0
fig
e )#addressfamilyvpnv4
fig
e af)#neighbor10.0.0.3activate

IfwelookattherunningconfigurationoftheBGPprocessoneitherPErouter,wenoticethatabitmoreconfigurationthanwe
providedhasappeared:

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PE1#showrunningconfig sectionrouterbgp
e bg 65000
ch i a i
bg g eighb cha ge
eighb 10.0.0.4 e ea 65000
eighb 10.0.0.4 da e
ceL bac 0
a
a
!
add e fa i
4
eighb 10.0.0.4ac i a e
eighb 10.0.0.4 e dc
i e e ded
e i add e fa i
!
add e fa i i 4 fC
e _B
ch i a i
e i add e fa i
!
add e fa i i 4 fC
e _A
ch i a i
e i add e fa i

InadditiontoourVPNv4addressfamily,addressfamiliesforthetwocustomerVRFshavebeencreatedautomatically.Also,
supportforextendedcommunitystringshasbeenaddedtotheVPNv4neighborconfiguration.
Verify that the MPBGP adjacency between PE1 and PE2 was formed successfully with the command showbgpvpnv4
unicastallsummary:

PE1#showbgpvpnv4unicastallsummary
BGP
e ide ifie 10.0.0.3, ca AS be 65000
BGP ab e e i i 1, ai
i g ab e e i 1
Neighb VASM gRc dM gSe Tb Ve I QO QU /D S a e/Pf Rcd
10.0.0.4465000121210000:06:050

Currently,therearenoroutesintheBGPtable,becausewehavenotspecifiedanythingtobeadvertisedorredistributed,but
we'llgettothatafterthisnextstep.

Configure PE-CE OSPF

We just configured MPBGP between the two PE routers. Now, let's configure an IGP between each PE router and its
attachedCErouterstoexchangerouteswiththecustomersites.We'regoingtouseOSPFforthislab,butwecouldjustas
easilyuseanotherIGPlikeEIGRPorRIP.
Singlearea OSPF has already been configured on the CE routers all CE interfaces are in area 0. Remember that although
we'reusingOSPFbetweeneachoftheCEroutersanditsupstreamPErouter,theseOSPFprocessesareisolatedfromthe
providerOSPFtopology.Theoverallroutingtopologywilllooklikethis:

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TheproviderOSPFprocesshasalreadybeenconfiguredonthePEroutersasprocess1.We'llconfigureanaddi ional OSPF

process for each CE router on each PE router. Each PE router will then have three OSPF processes total: one for the
providernetwork,andoneforeachCErouter.WhereastheproviderOSPFprocessexistsintheglobalroutingtable,thetwo
CEprocesseswilleachbeassignedtotheirrespectivecustomerVRFs.

PE1(c
PE1(c
PE1(c
PE1(c
PE1(c
PE1(c
PE1(c
PE1(c

fig)#routerospf2vrfCustomer_A
fig
e )#routerid10.0.1.1
fig
e )#interfacef0/0
figif)#ipospf2area0
figif)#routerospf3vrfCustomer_B
fig
e )#routerid10.0.1.5
fig
e )#interfacef0/1
figif)#ipospf3area0

PE2(c
PE2(c
PE2(c
PE2(c
PE2(c
PE2(c
PE2(c
PE2(c

fig)#routerospf2vrfCustomer_A
fig
e )#routerid10.0.2.1
fig
e )#interfacef0/0
figif)#ipospf2area0
figif)#routerospf3vrfCustomer_B
fig
e )#routerid10.0.2.5
fig
e )#interfacef0/1
figif)#ipospf3area0

WeshouldseeeachPErouterformanOSPFadjacencywithbothofitsattachedCErouters,andthecustomerroutesshould
appearintheVRFtablesonthePErouters.

PE1#showiproutevrfCustomer_A

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R i gTab e:C
...

e _A

172.16.0.0/16i a iab b e ed,2 b e ,2 a

O172.16.1.0/24[110/11] ia10.0.1.2,00:04:21,Fa E he e 0/0
O172.16.0.1/32[110/11] ia10.0.1.2,00:04:21,Fa E he e 0/0
10.0.0.0/30i b e ed,1 b e
C10.0.1.0i di ec c ec ed,Fa E he e 0/0
PE1#showiproutevrfCustomer_B
R i gTab e:C
...

e _B

172.17.0.0/16i a iab b e ed,2 b e ,2 a

O172.17.1.0/24[110/11] ia10.0.1.6,00:03:03,Fa E he e 0/1
O172.17.0.1/32[110/11] ia10.0.1.6,00:03:04,Fa E he e 0/1
10.0.0.0/30i b e ed,1 b e
C10.0.1.4i di ec c ec ed,Fa E he e 0/1

Configure Route Redistribution

We'realmostdone!WehaveourMPLSandMPBGPbackboneupandrunning,andourCEroutersaresendingroutestoour
PErouterswithintheirVRFs.Thelaststepistoglueeverythingtogetherbyturningonrouteredistributionfromthecustomer
sideOSPFprocessesintoMPBGPandviceversaonthePErouters.
Firstwe'llconfigureredistributionofCEroutesineachVRFintoMPBGP.ThisisdoneundertheBGPIPv4addressfamily
foreachVRF.

PE1(c
PE1(c
PE1(c
PE1(c
PE1(c

fig)#routerbgp65000
fig
e )#addressfamilyipv4vrfCustomer_A
fig
e af)#redistributeospf2
fig
e af)#addressfamilyipv4vrfCustomer_B
fig
e af)#redistributeospf3

PE2(c
PE2(c
PE2(c
PE2(c
PE2(c

fig)#routerbgp65000
fig
e )#addressfamilyipv4vrfCustomer_A
fig
e af)#redistributeospf2
fig
e af)#addressfamilyipv4vrfCustomer_B
fig
e af)#redistributeospf3

ThisenablesredistributionofOSPFroutesintoBGPfortransportacrosstheprovidernetworkbetweenthetwosites.Wecan
verifythattherouteslearnedfromthecustomersites(the172.16.0.0/16and172.17.0.0/16networks)nowappearintheBGP
tablesfortheirrespectiveVRFs.

PE1#showipbgpvpnv4vrfCustomer_A
...
Ne
Ne H Me icL cP fWeigh Pa h
R eDi i g i he :65000:1(defa f fC
e _A)
*>10.0.1.0/300.0.0.0032768?
*>i10.0.2.0/3010.0.0.401000?
*>172.16.0.1/3210.0.1.21132768?
*>i172.16.0.2/3210.0.0.4111000?

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*>172.16.1.0/2410.0.1.21132768?
*>i172.16.2.0/2410.0.0.4111000?
PE1#showipbgpvpnv4vrfCustomer_B
...
Ne
Ne H Me icL cP fWeigh Pa h
R eDi i g i he :65000:2(defa f fC
e _B)
*>10.0.1.4/300.0.0.0032768?
*>i10.0.2.4/3010.0.0.401000?
*>172.17.0.1/3210.0.1.61132768?
*>i172.17.0.2/3210.0.0.4111000?
*>172.17.1.0/2410.0.1.61132768?
*>i172.17.2.0/2410.0.0.4111000?

The last step is to complete the redistribution in the opposite direction: from BGP into the customer OSPF processes. If
you're accustomed to route redistribution, there's nothing new here. (We don't have to specify any VRF information in the
redistributionstatementbecauseeachcustomerOSPFprocessisalreadyassignedtoaVRF.)

PE1(c
PE1(c
PE1(c
PE1(c

fig)#routerospf2
fig
e )#redistributebgp65000subnets
fig
e )#routerospf3
fig
e )#redistributebgp65000subnets

PE2(c
PE2(c
PE2(c
PE2(c

fig)#routerospf2
fig
e )#redistributebgp65000subnets
fig
e )#routerospf3
fig
e )#redistributebgp65000subnets

Testing and Confirmation

Ifhasgonewell,weshouldnowhaveendtoendconnectivitybetweentheCErouterswithineachVRF.Bothroutersforeach
customershouldnowhavecompleteroutingtables.HerearecustomerA'sroutes:

CE1A#showiproute
...
172.16.0.0/16i a iab b e ed,4 b e ,2 a
C172.16.1.0/24i di ec c ec ed,L bac 1
C172.16.0.1/32i di ec c ec ed,L bac 0
OIA172.16.2.0/24[110/21] ia10.0.1.1,00:03:50,Fa E he e 0/0
OIA172.16.0.2/32[110/21] ia10.0.1.1,00:03:50,Fa E he e 0/0
10.0.0.0/30i b e ed,2 b e
OIA10.0.2.0[110/11] ia10.0.1.1,00:03:50,Fa E he e 0/0
C10.0.1.0i di ec c ec ed,Fa E he e 0/0

CE2A#showiproute
...
172.16.0.0/16i a iab b e ed,4 b e ,2 a
OIA172.16.1.0/24[110/21] ia10.0.2.1,00:02:49,Fa E he e 0/0
OIA172.16.0.1/32[110/21] ia10.0.2.1,00:02:49,Fa E he e 0/0
C172.16.2.0/24i di ec c ec ed,L bac 1

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C172.16.0.2/32i di ec c ec ed,L bac 0

10.0.0.0/30i b e ed,2 b e
C10.0.2.0i di ec c ec ed,Fa E he e 0/0
OIA10.0.1.0[110/11] ia10.0.2.1,00:02:49,Fa E he e 0/0

You may notice that OSPF routes sent between two sites belonging to the same customer appear as interarea routes.
Remember that although OSPF area 0 is being used at both sites, each site exists as a separate linkstate topology
connectedbytheMPLSVPN.
WeshouldbeabletopingfromoneCEroutertotheother.(Rememberthatwedon'tneedtospecifyaVRFwhendoingso
becauseCEroutershavenoknowledgethatthey'reinaVRF.)

CE1A#ping172.16.0.2
T ee ca e e e ce ab .
Se di g5,100b eICMPEch 172.16.0.2, i e i 2 ec d :
!!!!!
S cce a ei 100 e ce (5/5),
d i i /a g/ a =12/21/32

WecanperformatraceroutetoverifythepathtakenaswellastheMPLSlabelsusedtotraversetheprovidernetwork.

CE1A#traceroute172.16.0.2
T ee ca e e e ce ab .
T aci g he
e 172.16.0.2
110.0.1.14 ec4 ec8 ec
210.0.9.5[MPLS:Labe 19/22E 0]16 ec12 ec24 ec
310.0.9.2[MPLS:Labe 19/22E 0]24 ec20 ec16 ec
410.0.2.1[MPLS:Labe 22E 0]20 ec16 ec24 ec
510.0.2.216 ec*36 ec

Here'sapacketcaptureoftheabovetracerouteifyou'reinterestedinhowtheMPLSlabelinformationisreturned.Andagain,
herearethethefinishedrouterconfigurationsifyou'dliketoreplicatethelabyourself.
(ThankstoIvanPepelnjakofCiscoIOSHintshelpingrevisethisarticle!)

Abo heA ho
Jeremy Stretch is a freelance networking engineer,
instructor,andthemaintainerofPacketLife.net.He
currently lives in Fairfax, Virginia, on the edge of
the Washington, DC metro area. Although primarily
an R&S guy, he likes to get into everything, and
runs a free network training lab out of his basement for fun. You can
contacthimbyemailorfollowhimonTwitter.

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Comments
Ace(guest)commentedonMonday,May16,2011at3:59a.m.UTC

Thanks...

Daniel(guest)commentedonMonday,May16,2011at6:14a.m.UTC

HiJeremy,
Goodpost.I'mhavingsomeproblemswiththissentence:
"We need to assign each VRF a route distinguisher (RD) to uniquely identify
prefixesasbelongingtothatVRFandoneormoreroutetargets(RTs)tospecify
howroutesshouldbeimportedtoandexportedfromtheVRF."
This could be due to english not being my native language but this sounds like
you'resayingthatRDdefinestheVPNandthisisnottrue.TheRDonlymakes
prefixes unique but does not in any way define the VPN, that's what the RT is
for.
I'msurprisedIvandidn'tcatchthisifhereadthearticle.Couldjustbea
misunderstandingfrommypartoryoushouldrewritethatsentence.

1111oneoneone(guest)commentedonMonday,May16,2011at7:31a.m.UTC

Anexcellentpost.ThanksJeremy.

AlaincommentedonMonday,May16,2011at8:53a.m.UTC

Stretch,Asalwaysthereisonlyonewordtodescribethispost:excellent!
Regards,
Alain

Trey(guest)commentedonMonday,May16,2011at1:12p.m.UTC

If you ever plan to implement IPv6, its much easier to add if you use "vrf
definition"insteadof"ipvrf"

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d2:2
!
add e fa i i 4

e a ge e
2:2

e a ge i
2:2
e i add e fa i

Trey

Rob(guest)commentedonMonday,May16,2011at2:09p.m.UTC

thanks

stretchcommentedonMonday,May16,2011at3:12p.m.UTC

@Daniel:
Itmustbealanguagebarrierthing.ItsimplymeansthattheRDisusedtomake
routesunique(e.g.whencustomersuseoverlappingaddressspace).

Hussain(guest)commentedonMonday,May16,2011at5:20p.m.UTC

Manythanks!!

Bart(guest)commentedonMonday,May16,2011at6:30p.m.UTC

Yes, RD does nothing more than make the routes unique so that BGP will
distributethemcorrectly.
People often get confused about the RD because nearly all cisco examples I
have seen use the same RD on both PE routers, giving people the false
impressionthatthisisrequired.
YoucanjustaseasilyuseoneRDperVRFperPE.ThatswhatIusuallydoin
examplesjusttoremindpeoplethatRTandRDaretwodifferentthings.

me_rahawan82commentedonTuesday,May17,2011at11:39a.m.UTC

ThanksJeremy,Myhero

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reca(guest)commentedonTuesday,May17,2011at6:23p.m.UTC

...and sometimes you want to use only MPBGP and do not carry any prefixes
and then you add "no bgp default ipv4unicast" under the "router bgp 65001"
context.
Thanxforthisshortandconcisepost.

OmiPRcommentedonTuesday,May17,2011at8:15p.m.UTC

ThanksStretch!IthelpedmealotforMPLSconfigunderstanding!

alpi(guest)commentedonTuesday,May17,2011at9:38p.m.UTC

Hi,ireadyouryourpostsalmousttwoyearsandimustsayTHANKYOU.You
arethebest.
regards,
Alen

abulanovcommentedonWednesday,May18,2011at7:26a.m.UTC

UsingOSPFonPECEislimitedbyanumberofOSPFprocessesonPErouter.
Thereareonly32.Thatmeansyoucannotconnectmorethan30uniqueCEto
one
PE
(http://www.cisco.com/en/US/tech/tk365/technologies_q_and_a_item09186a0080094704.shtml#q46)
ThatswhyOSPFisn'tthebestchoisefor
ISISisnotsupportedthereatall.

amitabhacommentedonThursday,May19,2011at3:37a.m.UTC

THANK YOU for the post man. Hope you will discuss L2 VPN (Martini &
Kompella)soon....wearewaiting:)

yelfathi(guest)commentedonThursday,May19,2011at4:49p.m.UTC

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Goodintroductioniwilladdtworemarks:
checkipcefbeforeenablingmplsbecausemplsneedsit
creatededicatedloopbacksandforcethemplsrouteridtothem
Thoseavoidyoufrompotentialproblemsyouwillseeaftermorepractices:)

kammucommentedonSunday,May22,2011at2:54p.m.UTC

thankyousomuchJeremy..Itisanexcellentintroductoryconfigtounderstand
basicsofmpls.Youaregreat..!

Selasi(guest)commentedonMonday,June20,2011at7:07p.m.UTC

Thanks Jeremy. This example has really helped me understand the concept
evenfurther.WritingBGP+MPLSin3weeks.Wishmewell!

USvpn(guest)commentedonThursday,October6,2011at6:07a.m.UTC

Yournetworktopologylooksgreat.Thankyouforsharingthis.

AguestcommentedonFriday,November4,2011at2:35p.m.UTC

greatpostJeremy,
butmydoubtishowcanIimprovetheusingMPLSVPNs,
IamBrazilianandmyCBTisonthisissue,andI'mstill"raw"
regardingtheissue,Iwouldlikeyourhelp.

waleed143commentedonFriday,January13,2012at6:48p.m.UTC

dearJeremyStretch
Thanksforyourawesomescenario.but1thingismissing,iwasworkingonthis
topology for 4 to 5 hours but my VRF sites was not able to communicate with
eachotherandyousaidonthisscenariothat

neighbor 10.0.0.4 send-communit

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will generate automatically, but i didn't, then i contacted with my friend he told
thatputthatcommandmanuallythenitworked.

Sastrt(guest)commentedonTuesday,January24,2012at8:04p.m.UTC

Simplysupub!!!Thanksforyourpost...

pswolfwindcommentedonSaturday,March3,2012at3:47a.m.UTC

hi waleed143,this may be a issue in regards to the ios version,but is must be

configured.Anotherquestionaboutthiscommandismypracticelabbookstated
thatitmustbeconfiguredtosendcommunityboth.What'sthedifference?

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