[c-nsp] EIGRP as core routing protocol on MPLS network

[omar parihuana]

I know that Traffic Engineering is only possible with IS-IS or OSPF...  so
EIGRP won't be a good option...

Rgds.



On 8/24/07, Kris Price <cisco-nsp at punk.co.nz> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I've been trying to find out the implications of using EIGRP to
> distribute the loopbacks for a BGP/MPLS network instead of the usual
> OSPF or ISIS. But either it isn't a very well covered topic or my
> Google-foo is seriously bad.
>
> I've lab'ed it up in a very simple environment and for typical Layer 3
> BGP/MPLS VPN applications everything seems to work fine as expected, LDP
> continues distributing labels, and VPN packets are label switched across
> the network.
>
> However, I assume the caveats are around using features that use
> OSPF/ISIS for transporting additional information or for signalling,
> e.g. perhaps taffic engineering info.
>
> Given there is no information on this on Google I guess it isn't
> supported and the recommendation is simply "don't do it".
>
> But I'm curious, so has anyone done this in a production environment for
> any reason, or has anything enlightening to say on the matter?
>
> Cheers
> Kris
>
> PS: before anyone asks "Why on earth would you want to do that!?" I
> don't particularly, but I'd like to know about it for arguments sake.
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