Re: [c-nsp] MPLS on CAT5500

2008-01-18 Thread Tom Storey
In my lab, which consists of 4 x 2600 series routers, I implemented a little MPLS scenario such as the following: PE1 PE2 P1 PE3 ||| TailsTailsTails Each of the PEs are 2611's and the P is a 2621, all non XM. So I guess I can say cate

Re: [c-nsp] MPLS on CAT5500

2008-01-18 Thread Gert Doering
Hi, On Sat, Jan 19, 2008 at 12:17:56AM +0500, Masood Ahmad Shah wrote: > Someday ago I was talking to one of my Juniper friend and he was saying that > you can't use one Cisco box as P and PE simultaneously though you can use > Juniper. Vendor J marketing bullshit. ("Don't tell our routers that

Re: [c-nsp] MPLS on CAT5500

2008-01-18 Thread Peter Rathlev
On Sat, 2008-01-19 at 00:17 +0500, Masood Ahmad Shah wrote: > Someday ago I was talking to one of my Juniper friend and he was saying that > you can't use one Cisco box as P and PE simultaneously though you can use > Juniper. If it worked and work like a charm, please share your experience. A P

Re: [c-nsp] MPLS on CAT5500

2008-01-18 Thread Phil Bedard
t; To: Brandon Price > Cc: cisco-nsp@puck.nether.net > Subject: Re: [c-nsp] MPLS on CAT5500 > > What is the PE1 to P link? I would try very hard to not use the 5500 > as > a P router. Maybe MPLSoGRE would work? Or using the 5505 as a > bridge? If they are both Ethernet,

Re: [c-nsp] MPLS on CAT5500

2008-01-18 Thread Masood Ahmad Shah
EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Brandon Price Sent: Saturday, January 19, 2008 12:10 AM To: Phil Bedard Cc: cisco-nsp@puck.nether.net Subject: Re: [c-nsp] MPLS on CAT5500 PE1 to P is 100mb link which supports Jumbo frames no problem. The 5500 also acts as a PE for a few of our

Re: [c-nsp] MPLS on CAT5500

2008-01-18 Thread Brandon Price
net Formally Known as "Unusable" -Original Message- From: Phil Bedard [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, January 18, 2008 10:57 AM To: Brandon Price Cc: cisco-nsp@puck.nether.net Subject: Re: [c-nsp] MPLS on CAT5500 What is the PE1 to P link? I would try very hard to not use th

Re: [c-nsp] MPLS on CAT5500

2008-01-18 Thread Phil Bedard
What is the PE1 to P link? I would try very hard to not use the 5500 as a P router. Maybe MPLSoGRE would work? Or using the 5505 as a bridge? If they are both Ethernet, then just trunk things through. Phil On Jan 18, 2008, at 12:46 PM, Brandon Price wrote: > Guys, I apologize if this is

[c-nsp] MPLS on CAT5500

2008-01-18 Thread Brandon Price
Guys, I apologize if this is a lame-brain question but I am new to MPLS... We have a pretty simple MPLS VPN setup comprised of the following 3 routers: PE1 <--> P <-> PE2 PE2 is a new router we are transitioning customers to. PE1 is 7206VXR 12.4(17) PE2 is CAT6513/SUP720-3B 12.2(18)SXF12