[156230] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Layer2 over Layer3
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (mohamed Osama Saad Abo sree)
Wed Sep 12 18:34:45 2012
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Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2012 00:33:59 +0200
From: mohamed Osama Saad Abo sree <mohamed.abosree@gmail.com>
To: Philip Lavine <source_route@yahoo.com>
Cc: NANOG list <nanog@nanog.org>
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hello philip,
for ethernet over mpls you can use gre tunnel and run mpls over that
tunnel or you can go directly for l2tpv3 which give you the ability to
run l2vpn over l3 ip routing with no need for mpls.
BR,
Mohamed Abosree
On 9/13/12, Philip Lavine <source_route@yahoo.com> wrote:
> To all,
>
> I am trying to extend a layer2 connection over Layer 3 so I can have
> redundant Layer connectivity between my HQ and colo site. The reason I need
> this is so I can give the "appeareance" that there is one gateway and that
> both data centers can share the same Layer3 subnet (which I am announcing
> via BGP to 2 different vendors).
>
> I have 2 ASR's. Will EoMPLS work or is there another option?
>
> Philip
>
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