[c-nsp] MPLS/BGP - want to add backup IPSEC VPN

ChrisSerafin chris at chrisserafin.com
Wed Jul 1 13:56:18 EDT 2009


Ivan Pepelnjak wrote:
>>> If you're the customer (having only CE routers), this is a classic 
>>> primary/backup problem, only this time using BGP as the 
>>>       
>> core routing 
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>>> protocol.
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>> This sounds like what I'm planning on doing.....GRE for the 
>> routing protocols....we are on the CE end. If you could, 
>> please elaborate on the routing that is involved, thanks!
>>     
>
> The simplest thing would be to run BGP everywhere and make the paths over
> the GRE tunnels less preferred (for example, by using lower local
> preference).
>
> Ivan
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> http://blog.ioshints.info/
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Well looking at the Cisoc docs, I cannot terminate a GRE tunnel on an 
ASA firewall......any other ideas....thanks


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