[c-nsp] GRE tunnel to do span vlan across two datacenters?

Bruce Pinsky bep at whack.org
Wed Jul 6 14:23:43 EDT 2011


-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
Hash: SHA1

Eric Gauthier wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I am not sure that you can bridge two subnets together using GRE, so
> you may need some additional technology if your goal is to make the 
> same subnet/IP float dynamically between locations.
> 
> With that said, if you use GRE, you'll want to make sure that the 
> underlying transport between your data centers supports an MTU large 
> enough to handle the GRE header without fragmentation.  
> 

Bridging over GRE, if it works at all, is not supported.

- --
=========
bep

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (MingW32)
Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/

iEYEARECAAYFAk4UqC4ACgkQE1XcgMgrtybqVACg/vgSeU08ZJQR5pb0RV+0XINl
CZwAoM2QWrz6wH74QDkQQfy4nlJEF7aG
=kU5/
-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----


More information about the cisco-nsp mailing list