[c-nsp] Bridge L2 network across WAN

David Granzer dgranzer at gmail.com
Wed Jan 9 03:24:19 EST 2008


I'm not sure how QinQ can help here, but L2TPv3 yes.
http://www.cisco.com/univercd/cc/td/doc/product/software/ios124/124cg/hwan_c/hl2tpv3.htm#wp1045845

David

On 1/9/08, Andrew Gristina <agristina+cisco-nsp at gmail.com> wrote:
> You can also look at QinQ tunneling.  But really that just extends the
> pain.  It might be more worth your time to deal with the flat layer 2
> network.
>
> On Jan 8, 2008 5:47 PM, Geyer, Nick <nick.geyer at eds.com> wrote:
> > Hi Everyone,
> >
> >
> >
> > I am hoping someone can help me out here. We have an old legacy network
> > which is just a flat L2 network across multiple sites connected by
> > fibre. For various reasons this fibre will no longer be available for
> > use, so I need to find another way to keep this L2 network intact. There
> > is a routed network between all the buildings, so I am hoping there is
> > some sort of bridge scenario to carry this L2 traffic across.
> >
> >
> >
> > My plan at the moment was to connect these l2 switches at the sites into
> > a 2811 at each site which in turn will be connected into the routed
> > network. So basically I am after a way to bridge this l2 network across
> > the 2811's/routed network.
> >
> >
> >
> > Any help would be extremely appreciated.
> >
> >
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> >
> >
> > Nikolas Geyer.
> >
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