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Cisco Policy Based Routing on L3 Switch

In this guide, I will show how to implement basic Policy Based Routing on a Layer 3 Switch. Here is the topology we will work on: In this scenario, we have two routers connected to a core switch. We then have some clients in Vlan 30 attached to the switch. Read more…

By Nick Carlton, 2 months30th March 2022 ago
Cisco

BGP Conditional Route Advertisement for ISP Failover

When using BGP and peering with multiple ISPs at the edge, you can use a feature within BGP that allows you to advertise networks to a neighbour dependent on the existence of a route in the BGP RIB. This is called conditional route advertisement. In this guide, we will be Read more…

By Nick Carlton, 3 months ago
Cisco

Using community values and route maps to create a partial BGP table

When you peer with a Service Provider using BGP. They will likely ask you if you want the full BGP table, a partial table or just a default route. Most devices you have on your companies edge, will not be able to handle the full BGP table. As even just Read more…

By Nick Carlton, 4 months ago
Cisco

Using prefix lists and route maps to create a partial BGP table

When you peer with a Service Provider using BGP. They will likely ask you if you want the full BGP table, a partial table or just a default route. Most devices you have on your companies edge, will not be able to handle the full BGP table. As even just Read more…

By Nick Carlton, 4 months9th January 2022 ago
Cisco

Leaking Routes from Global to VRF – BGP

VRFs are an excellent tool for Layer 3 separation on a router. Allowing you to separate routing domains and control where traffic can be routed, much like VLANs on a Switch. VRFs are also required for MPLS L3VPN deployments. There may be a requirement for you to leak routes from Read more…

By Nick Carlton, 5 months ago
Cisco

Leaking Routes from Global to VRF – Static Routes

VRFs are an excellent tool for Layer 3 separation on a router. Allowing you to separate routing domains and control where traffic can be routed, much like VLANs on a Switch. VRFs are also required for MPLS L3VPN deployments. There may be a requirement for you to leak routes from Read more…

By Nick Carlton, 5 months ago
Cisco

MPLS LSP Walkthrough – With IGP Caveat

I am going to walk through how the LSP (Label Switched Path) is found on Cisco devices running LDP and go through a practical demonstration. First, lets look at our topology: In this demonstration we are looking at the path for traffic originating from CE_CUSTA_2 to CE_CUSTA_1. Let’s look at Read more…

By Nick Carlton, 5 months1st January 2022 ago
Cisco

Diving into BGP Update Messages

You should have heard about BGP when learning about more advanced Networking Topics. It’s commonly called the ‘routing protocol of the internet’. BGP is an amazing tool as it is so versatile. It’s sometimes called slow. However, the feature-set it presents to service providers and large enterprises makes it incredibly Read more…

By Nick Carlton, 5 months1st January 2022 ago
Cisco

Cisco MPLS L3VPN Configuration – BGP as the PE-CE Routing Protocol

By Nick Carlton, 5 months25th December 2021 ago
Cisco

Cisco MPLS L3VPN Configuration – Core MPLS and BGP Configuration

By Nick Carlton, 5 months ago

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