Matt I was asking the same question. I cannot think of an instance (i have not 
yet seen it in ipexpert labs) when one will need to peer with one self. 





On Nov 25, 2011, at 2:39 AM, Matt Hill <[email protected]> wrote:

> Why are you trying to do this?
> 
> Do you have other interfaces in each VRF?  Are there customers who
> only need to see their own prefixes and not the other?  Why cant you
> talk to Mr AS{2|3} and just tell them your ASN is X?
> 
> Cheers,
> Matt
> 
> CCIE #22386
> CCSI #31207
> 
> On 25 November 2011 15:56, Amir Khalili <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Thanks for your responses - however this is what I am trying to acheive:
>> 
>> using a single router - single BGP process - peering the vrfs using in vrf
>> bgp router id feature.  This is possible when you use  ibgp
>> 
>> however, in some cases, you will need to use ebgp -
>> 
>> ip vrf red
>> rd 1:1
>> 
>> ip vrf blue
>> rd 1:2
>> 
>> int l1
>> ip vrf forw red
>> ip address 1.1.1.1 255.255.255.255
>> 
>> int l2
>> ip vrf forw blue
>> ip address 2.2.2.2 255.255.255.255
>> 
>> router bgp 1.
>> 
>> address-f ipv4 vrf red
>> bgp router-id 1.1.1.1
>> neib 2.2.2.2 remote-as 2
>> 
>> address-f ipv4 vrf blue
>> bgp router-id 2.2.2.2
>> neib 1.1.1.1 remote-as 3
>> 
>> in the above you will need to fake the as and send it to the peer!!   is it
>> possible in cisco?
>> 
>> Cheers
>> Amir
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On Thu, Nov 24, 2011 at 4:57 PM, Matthew Mengel 
>> <[email protected]>wrote:
>> 
>>> Assuming that the attached image is what you are trying to do, sure.
>>> 
>>> R1:
>>> 
>>> ip vrf BLUE
>>>  rd 1:1
>>> !
>>> ip vrf RED
>>>  rd 101:1
>>> !
>>> !
>>> interface Loopback0
>>>  ip address 1.1.1.1 255.255.255.0
>>> !
>>> interface FastEthernet0/0
>>>  ip vrf forwarding BLUE
>>>  ip address 10.2.2.1 255.255.255.0
>>> !
>>> interface FastEthernet0/1
>>>  ip vrf forwarding RED
>>>  ip address 10.3.3.1 255.255.255.0
>>> !
>>> !
>>> router bgp 1
>>>  no bgp default ipv4-unicast
>>>  bgp log-neighbor-changes
>>>  !
>>>  address-family ipv4 vrf RED
>>>   neighbor 10.3.3.3 remote-as 3
>>>   neighbor 10.3.3.3 local-as 101
>>>   neighbor 10.3.3.3 activate
>>>   no synchronization
>>>  exit-address-family
>>>  !
>>>  address-family ipv4 vrf BLUE
>>>   neighbor 10.2.2.2 remote-as 2
>>>   neighbor 10.2.2.2 activate
>>>   no synchronization
>>>  exit-address-family
>>> !
>>> 
>>> R2:
>>> 
>>> !
>>> interface Loopback0
>>>  ip address 2.2.2.2 255.255.255.255
>>> !
>>> interface FastEthernet0/0
>>>  ip address 10.2.2.2 255.255.255.0
>>> 
>>> !
>>> router bgp 2
>>>  no synchronization
>>>  bgp log-neighbor-changes
>>>  network 2.2.2.2 mask 255.255.255.255
>>>  neighbor 10.2.2.1 remote-as 1
>>>  no auto-summary
>>> !
>>> 
>>> 
>>> R3:
>>> 
>>> !
>>> interface Loopback0
>>>  ip address 3.3.3.3 255.255.255.255
>>> !
>>> interface FastEthernet0/1
>>>  ip address 10.3.3.3 255.255.255.0
>>> !
>>> router bgp 3
>>>  no synchronization
>>>  bgp log-neighbor-changes
>>>  network 3.3.3.3 mask 255.255.255.255
>>>  neighbor 10.3.3.1 remote-as 101
>>>  no auto-summary
>>> !
>>> 
>>> You see the routes in the VRFs and in the VPV4 address-family:
>>> 
>>> R1#sho ip bgp vpnv4 all
>>> BGP table version is 5, local router ID is 1.1.1.1
>>> Status codes: s suppressed, d damped, h history, * valid, > best, i -
>>> internal,
>>>               r RIB-failure, S Stale
>>> Origin codes: i - IGP, e - EGP, ? - incomplete
>>> 
>>>    Network          Next Hop            Metric LocPrf Weight Path
>>> Route Distinguisher: 1:1 (default for vrf BLUE)
>>> *> 2.2.2.2/32       10.2.2.2                 0             0 2 i
>>> Route Distinguisher: 101:1 (default for vrf RED)
>>> *> 3.3.3.3/32       10.3.3.3                 0             0 101 3 i
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Note that the route in the RED VRF includes the AS for the local-as in the
>>> path.
>>> 
>>> Matthew
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On Fri, Nov 25, 2011 at 10:08 AM, Amir Khalili <[email protected]>wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Thanks guys.  I am using address family under the same process.
>>>> Trying to peer using a diff AS number.   Kind of eBGP approach.  Would
>>>> local AS serve the purpose?
>>>> 
>>>> On 11/24/11, Matthew Mengel <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>> Not sure if the firewall or the VRF are really important (just as to
>>>>> whether you are needing to use address-family or not).
>>>>> 
>>>>> Also, not exactly sure what you mean by "fake" an AS.  However, if what
>>>> you
>>>>> mean is that you have a situation where RouterB is expecting to peer
>>>> with
>>>>> AS 5, but you are running AS 1:
>>>>> 
>>>>> RouterB#sho run | sec bgp
>>>>> router bgp 2
>>>>>  no synchronization
>>>>>  bgp log-neighbor-changes
>>>>>  neighbor 10.0.0.1 remote-as 5
>>>>>  no auto-summary
>>>>> 
>>>>> You can masquerade as AS 5 while remaining configured as AS 1 using the
>>>>> "local-as" command:
>>>>> 
>>>>> RouterA#sho run | sec bgp
>>>>> router bgp 1
>>>>>  no synchronization
>>>>>  bgp log-neighbor-changes
>>>>>  neighbor 10.0.0.2 remote-as 2
>>>>>  neighbor 10.0.0.2 local-as 5
>>>>>  no auto-summary
>>>>> 
>>>>> If, however, you mean that you have two VRFs on the same router,
>>>> hairpinned
>>>>> through a firewall, then I think you are sunk, as this uses
>>>>> address-families under the bgp process, and unless I am mistaken, it is
>>>> one
>>>>> process with one AS per router.
>>>>> 
>>>>> M.
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> On Fri, Nov 25, 2011 at 8:09 AM, Amir Khalili <[email protected]>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>>> Hello
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> How can we fake AS #  for a bgp neighbor to make ebgp peer?  This is
>>>> using
>>>>>> in vrf bgp router id in a vrf.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> BGP vrf A  -> FW ->  BGP vrf B  ( ebg peer )
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Cheers
>>>>>> Amir
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