07-15-2008 09:33 PM - edited 03-06-2019 12:12 AM
Please check the attachment!
I have a central central with connectivity over IPLC circuits to two other office locatoins.
Location Y : Has a 5 E1 links to CO & is connected to Location X over 2 6Mbps MAN link. EIGRP is the routing protocol in use.
Location X : It has two routers, 4 E1 links on each router connecting to CO. EIGRP in use.
CO : Has connectivity to other location on MPLS - EIGRP & BGP are in use on this router at CO
Now, we have acquired a new link - POint to point -1DS3 on Router1 in Location X connected to CO. What should be the routing protocol that can be used? I need to have the DS3 link as the primary link & the 8 E1 links to be as backup.
If I configure EIGRP on the link, All the traffic via location Y to CO will traverse like : Location Y -- via MAN links --> Loaction X -- via DS3 --> CO.
I do not want this to happen.
How do I acheive this ?
What would happen if I configure BGP on the DS3 link ? This way, it'll take care of my 1st requirement, i.e, All the traffic would get routed via DS3 & the 8 E1 links will be in use only when the DS3 goes down. Is that right?
Please help!
07-15-2008 09:36 PM
I have a location - Z in picture. This is connected to both location X & location Y via 4Mb MAN link each. The traffic from this location to CO would be via both Location X & location Y. But now, I need the traffic from Location-Z to be diverted to the DS3 link alone with the other path as a backup.
How can I caheive this ?
07-16-2008 07:27 AM
the easiest way to achive it by useing BGP with eigrp as follow
make each site with its own eirgrp AS number and BGP number so u gonna have 4 ASs for each eigrp and bgp
the by useing route map with wieght, local prefrence and as prepend u can achive ur requirments easly and smothly (such as prefering a path over others!)and redistribute each eigrp in its bgp site
so it will be as u have diffrent sites each with its IGP and BGP
try it and if u need any more details let me know
rate if helpful
07-16-2008 06:06 PM
by the way i have LABed your topology and i got it work
as the following
cntral location with eigrp 1 and bgp 1
location x eigrp 2 bgp 2
location y eigrp 3 bgp 3
location z eigrp 4 bgp 4
and i increased the local prefrence for the route coming from the central location to the location x through the ds3 to make the prefered path
also on location x i added AS prepend to central through E1s connection to make the return traffic and any traffic from central go through ds 3 connection too.
on location z i increased the wieght between z and x connection to make it prefered too
and its working
and if you wondering why i would sugesst BGP
because as i seen in your topology its multiSite network and with BGP u can have more control on your routing path selction with bgp even more than what i ahve done or u want
in addition in case of any future growth whether this will be adding more locations or routers perlocation
with this sugested method you can adapt easly and quickly
good luck
and rate if helpful
07-16-2008 08:50 PM
Hi,
Thanks for the response. I was thinking on the similar lines & was not sure if it would work.
Now, here's my plan for the topology. Please let me know if I am on the right track.
My objective :
1.To route Location -X & Location Z traffic onto DS3.
2.To have the E1 lines as backup to the DS3 link.
CO - BGP 1; EIGRP
Location x - BGP2; EIGRP
Location Y & Location Z will not be on BGP [ as per requirements]
-->I configure CO & Location X as BGP neighbors.
--> Traffic from Z is pointing to Location X [Router-1] & Location y [Router2] now [EIGRP & Access-lists involved]. Configure the route to "Router-1" as the primary path [increase the preference].
---> Configure BGP route map on the Core switch of Location - X [which in turn connects to the router] to point traffic from Location-z subnet to BGP interface.
-->redistribuet EIGRP into BGP.
With this, the trffic from Location - Z will travererse on the DS3 link. In case of a failure on DS3 link, the traffic can always pass through the E1 links from Location x.
In case of any outage on the link connecting the Location - Z & Location - x, traffic can always flow through Location - Y to reach the CO.
Please let me know if this would work.
07-16-2008 09:02 PM
no ur topology looks deffrent !
i got confused
please send me ur exact and final tpology
phisical not logical one
and keep in mind that i would suggest you to put each location in saparate eigrp and bgp AS
and with in each as redestribute btween eigrp and bgp
and between locations only EBGP
then if you need with plicies and route maps help send me detald and exact topology
good luck mate
07-16-2008 09:16 PM
Check the attachment!
Let me know if you require any clarification.
Requirement : All traffic from Location X & Location z need to traverse the DS3 link. In case of any failure on this link then, they traverse the 8XE1 links.
But, now Location X traffic might also traverse via this DS3 if we configure EIGRP for the link.
Path -1 : Location Y -2Mbï Central Office Least Bandwidth along the path : 2 Mb
Path -2 : Locatoin Y - 6Mb link ï Location X ï 44Mb link ï Central Office Least Bandwidth along the path : 6 Mb
Among the above two path mentioned, Path -1 will be selected as the best path [Best path].
But I am a little confused with this. If I configure BGP & have my DS3 link on this. I can block the details of network on BGP from reaching Location -Y. This way, can I block the traffic from Location - Y to learn routes over this DS3?
07-16-2008 09:52 PM
so let me tell what i undertood from ur requerements and tell if right or not
location X and Z go to ur CO over the ds3 link
location y use its direct connection which is 5XE! to the CO
is that what you want ?
and about bgp ; the idea is we wont block because with blocking we cant achive and backup patch blocking easy with all routing protocols but not always helpful in such a case like your
u can in the future maybe block somthing for extra filtring
but now what we have to do
is use what is called bgp attribute to influnce the bgp path selction in both directions
and that why bgp prefered in multisites deployments also with ISPs because it has the best felxiblity and features among other routing protocols
now confirm to me the topology requerment
if my understanding right give time and i will send u list of config commands requred
ok
07-16-2008 10:04 PM
Right!
location X and Z go to our CO over the ds3 link
location y uses it's direct connection which is 5XE1 to the CO.
8XE1 links to serve as redundancy to the DS3 link at Location X.
07-16-2008 10:12 PM
cool
give me a time maybe maximum over the weekend
and i will try to post it sooner i mean the config ( but i will put IPs from my own with fastethernet interfaces )
the important thing the commands and the ideas how they work regardless what physical media u have 1
ok
07-17-2008 12:43 AM
one more question
the link from z to x and from z to y is it through mutilayer switch or router
and if switch is it bgp capable ?
07-17-2008 12:56 AM
Hi,
It's like this :
Location - Z - Router Fastethernet port --> Location X - Switch Fastethernet port.
07-17-2008 12:59 AM
ok and the routing configurationu do it in location x on the routers connected to the CO only
i mean no routing config on the switches on location x and y
right ?
07-17-2008 01:05 AM
Location X, Y, Z & CO all have EIGRP on the LAN & WAN. i.e,
Loaction X : EIGRP for the 8 E1 links to CO & connectivity to Location Z & Location Y over MAN links.
Location Y : EIGRP for 5 E1 links to CO & connectivity to Location Z & Location X over MAN links.
Location Z : EIGRP & distribution list configs to divert traffic to Location X & Y.
Now, we have got to have DS3 on BGP with the EIGRP routes distributes into BGP & vice versa.
07-17-2008 01:39 AM
ok, do location Z,X and y share the same IP addressing subnet?
i mean the connection from the switch on location x have one connection to the MAN and this man connect all locations together Y and Z
and vice versa to others
i just want to know that the connectivty between routers and sites
because in ur topology i can clearly see the connectivty between y to co and x co
but not sure about Y,X,Z as i mentioned above
i know i asked u alot but i want to send somthing helpful
i will avoid the wan and man eigrp
no eigrp between sites
as i told bgp between sites (EBGP)
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