[c-nsp] Connecting a VRF between routers

[Skeeve Stevens]

Firstly, YES, I've kind of asked this before, but with the different ways
people do and understand things all over the world, I've not had a response
that actually works.

So.. Simply.

I have, lets just say 2 (two) routers and or switches (3560, etc with VRF
support).

I want to, at a layer 2 level, link a vrf on one router/switch to another.

What I am meaning here is.  If I type 'show ip arp vrf BLAH' on one device,
I want to see the ARP for devices connected into the VRF on the other
router.

I don't particularly want to use tunnels due to MTU issues.

A VLAN with an SVI on a switch and a sub-e on a router work fine, but only
if I have a full layer2 switched path all the way.  

In some cases I do not.  An example would be when we use another carrier to
link two cities and they have an MPLS cloud in the middle.  I want to link a
VRF to another VRF on each side of the cloud.

I am not sure if what I want to do makes sense.. Some people just suggest
MPLS, but it seems like an over complex solution if we're talking about 2-3
routers/switches.

If I am not being clear about something, please feel free to ask me for more
info.

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