[c-nsp] L2VPN with IP address

[Pete Barnwell]

Pshem Kowalczyk wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I have a situation, where a customer wants a full BGP table
> (persuasion failed already), but is connected to small router (2821),
> with not enough memory to get anywhere near full table.  I have few
> other routers (ASR1K, 7600) that would normally be used for that, but
> are in far-away locations. Of course I can set up a local BGP session
> and then add a multihop one for the full feed, but that doesn't seem
> like an elegant solution any more. All the routers run MPLS, so if I
> could get a xconnect going between one of the bigger boxes and the
> small PE, without actually wasting port on the bigger router (by
> having some sort of logical interface) then I could run the BGP
> session directly. I had a look on Cisco website, but either it's not
> possible or that kind of bridging has a special name that I can't pin
> down. If you've heard of such feature - please let me know.

To not answer the question directly, you can put enough memory in a 2821
to take a full table easily - they'll support 1Gb.

Regards

Pete