Route Replication the Easy Way
Easy Virtual Network (EVN) was a technology Cisco came up with back in the days to make it easier to […]
Routing
BGP
Cloud
Lessons Learned in Cloud Networking – AWS vs Azure
I’ve been working a lot with cloud networking lately. I will share some of my findings as this is still
BGP, CCDE, MPLS
CCDE – Inter AS L3 VPNs
Introduction Sometimes a customer needs a L3 VPN between two locations where the same SP is not present. This can
BGP, CCDE
CCDE – BGP Confederations
Introduction BGP Confederations are one of two tools a network designer has to work around the full mesh requirement of
CCDE
CCDE – BGP Convergence
Introduction This post will look at the steps involved in BGP convergence and how it interacts with IGP to converge.
BGP, IPv6
Busting Myths – IPv6 Link Local Next Hop into BGP
In some publications it is mentioned that a link local next-hop can’t be used when redistributing routes into BGP because
CCDE, Multicast
CCDE – Next Generation Multicast – NG-MVPN
MVPNs have been lacking support for MPLS encapsulation. NG-MVPN supports the use of MPLS encapsulation and provides a lot of different profiles. When is a profile suitable and which one should you choose?
Announcement
Noction Intelligent Routing Platform (IRP) – What is it?
I was contacted by some people at Noction and asked if I was interested in writing about their platform, the
BGP, MPLS
Unique RD per PE in MPLS VPN for Load Sharing and Faster Convergence
This post describes how load sharing and faster convergence in MPLS VPNs is possible by using an unique RD per
BGP, MPLS, OSPF
Some pointers on OSPF as PE to CE protocol
There was a discussion at the Cisco Learning Network (CLN) about OSPF as PE to CE protocol. I wanted to