[j-nsp] Vlan question MX

[Ben Dale]

On 09/07/2013, at 8:00 AM, Tom Storey <tom at snnap.net> wrote:

> The thing thats confusing me is, who on earth presents a service to a
> customer as a tagged service? Ive never come across such a thing.
> 
> If you're plugged in to a router interface on the providers side, why is
> there a need to add VLAN tagging on top? Similarly, if you're plugged in to
> a switch, normally the switch port is just an access port, not a trunk.
> 
> Someone help me out here... :-)

dot1p for MetroE services?  There might be a big gap between you and the PE, and the access network may be standardised to allow E-Line/E-LAN etc. on top of L3VPN tails.


> 
> 
> On 8 July 2013 22:47, Michael Loftis <mloftis at wgops.com> wrote:
> 
>> vlan-tagging tells JunOS to treat the interface as multiple separate
>> L3 interfaces, identified by VLAN ID.  Their end is almost certainly
>> similarly configured (maybe as a MPLS PE)
>> 
>> On Mon, Jul 8, 2013 at 10:26 AM, Keith <kwoody at citywest.ca> wrote:
>>> Have this setup in the lab on some srx's but want to get some info
>>> on this.
>>> 
>>> We have an upstream provider that we use a config:
>>> 
>>> set interfaces ge-0/1/0 vlan-tagging
>>> set interfaces ge-0/1/0 encapsulation flexible-ethernet-services
>>> set interfaces ge-0/1/0 unit 1500 vlan-id 1500
>>> set interfaces ge-0/1/0 unit 1500 family inet address x.x.x.x/30
>>> 
>>> 
>>> We are turning up a second connection to them that will be terminated on
>> a
>>> 10G
>>> link and want us to use the same thing, vlan 1500, just a different IP
>>> address.
>>> 
>>> Will this cause a problem by having the same vlan id on both links to the
>>> same provider? (I am guessing we are being terminated on different
>> routers
>>> on their side).
>>> 
>>> My lab router didn't complain so I'm guessing its probably ok.
>>> 
>>> Thanks,
>>> Keith
>>> 
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