Jon,

There is mutual registribution on R2.

Backup Link is T1 point to point hence R1 is considering this link to reach R2. Result of traceroute shows all routes taking backup route.

I think something to do with InterArea and Intra Area

cheers

RR

Ronald

It's going to be difficult to help without seeing routes. As requested already can you post a route example.

Jon

Jon,

From R1 I need to reach 10.10.10.0/23 network on R2

R1#sh ip route 10.10.10.0
Routing entry for 10.10.10.0/23
  Known via "ospf 10", distance 110, metric 2, type intra area
  Redistributing via bgp 7190
  Advertised by bgp 7190
  Last update from 192.168.200.2 on GigabitEthernet0/1, 02:34:26 ago
  Routing Descriptor Blocks:
  * 192.168.200.2, from 192.168.200.1, 02:34:26 ago, via GigabitEthernet0/1
      Route metric is 2, traffic share count is 1

Is this input you needed

cheers

RR

Ronald

Your original problem was that you wanted to go via MPLS but you were going via R2. So why have you sent me an example of a route you want to go via R2 for ?

Can you choose a destination subnet that is reachable across the MPLS network.

Then on R1 & R2 can you do "sh ip route "  and post results.

Can you also post the bgp/ospf configs from both PE routers indicating which one is connected to which R router.

Finally can you post the ospf config from both R routers.

Jon

jon,

its misunderstanding, all traffic for R2 initiating from R1 should take MPLS as primary route and Backup link as secondary route.

R1 and R2 config is attached

cheers

RR

Ronald:

Im sorry, but most of what you are saying is not making any sense.

First, your diagram shows OSPF between your CE and PE. But the configs suggest BGP as the peer routing protocol.

Second, the drawing should show that the PE is part of the MPLS cloud, not outside it.

Third, why would you want traffic that is destined for R2 to go from R1 and then through the MPLS cloud when it can take a direct route through the p2p link? It doesnt make sense.

Fourth, OSPF routes that are redistributed into BGP at R2 and then redistributed back into OSPF at R1 will be considered external routes. Whereas the OSPF subnets learned through the direct link will be internal. Internal routes are favored by OSPF regardless of the cost. The order is intra-area, inter-area, external type 1 then external type 2.

Fifth, if you are running mutual redistribution at both routers, you need to use some filtering to prevent routing loops.

HTH

Victor

Hello Ronald,

the R1 and R2 routers should be the routers that you have called PE in the network diagram.

I agree that something is not clear, but I think you see the trouble on other devices on the site that prefers the backup link over the MPLS link.

From the point of view of internal routers that you call CE nodes the direct link T1 is preferred path if it provides internal routes (intra-area or inter-area) for the OSPF hierarchy of route types.

The only way to make the external routes coming from R1,R2 preferred is to make the routes coming on the T1 link external routes too.

O E1 routes are preferred over O E2 regarless of metric value.

O E2 is the default type.

so you need a second OSPF process that will be running only on the T1 link and that will redistribute primary OSPF process

router ospf 10
log-adjacency-changes
redistribute bgp 7190 subnets metric-type 1
network 192.168.200.0 0.0.0.3 area 0
network 1.1.1.1 0.0.0.0 area 0
network 11.11.11.11 0.0.0.0 area 0
network 192.168.1.0 0.0.0.255 area 0
network 192.168.2.0 0.0.0.255 area 0
network 192.168.3.0 0.0.0.255 area 0

on CE nodes

router ospf 200

network 192.168.x.y 0.0.0.3 area 0

red  ospf 10 metric 40000 subnets

!

where the network command is related to the T1 link

otherwise if R1 and CE are the same device the problem is the level of specific routes coming on the BGP session:

same prefix length eBGP route is preferred for its lower AD

on other devices the OSPF internal route is preferred for the reasons described above.

Hope to help

Giuseppe

Edit:

corrected syntax of ref bgp in main process

Giuseppe thanks for the help, its clear now.

Thanks to Jon