I thought you just used vpls for that... On Friday, February 17, 2017, Josh Reynolds <[email protected]> wrote:
> You stretch vlans over your mpls fabric? > > :( > > On Fri, Feb 17, 2017 at 2:46 PM, Carl Peterson > <[email protected] <javascript:;>> wrote: > > I've never used it on Router OS, so I can't speak to that, but we use it > > between each POP and the BNG. > > Only real drawbacks that I see are: > > You need to be careful about MTUs. > > It is harder to use diverse geographically separated upstreams. > > > > It makes life simple. We run a SVLAN over VPLS to each POP and then > assign > > each customer a unique CVLAN on that SVLAN. The BNG dynamically creates > the > > SVAN.CVLAN for the customer, authenticates them via radius, and assigns > DHCP > > filters, routing instances, etc. We are still working on transitioning > > customers and POPs over but thus far it has been pretty painless. > > > > On Fri, Feb 17, 2017 at 3:29 PM, Jason McKemie > > <[email protected] <javascript:;>> wrote: > >> > >> I'll have to catch up on some of those, just wondered what others had > >> found. > >> > >> On Fri, Feb 17, 2017 at 2:28 PM, Josh Reynolds <[email protected] > <javascript:;>> > >> wrote: > >>> > >>> There are a lot of NANOG presentations on this topic in Google. > >>> > >>> On Feb 17, 2017 2:27 PM, "Jason McKemie" > >>> <[email protected] <javascript:;>> wrote: > >>>> > >>>> I'm starting to utilize MPLS/VPLS at the edge of my network for a > >>>> specific location, but am wondering if there is any reason to not > just use > >>>> it all the way back to the core. What are the pros/cons of using > MPLS? I > >>>> would think that you could save some public IPs if nothing else. > >>>> > >>>> Also, has anyone had any issues with MPLS/VPLS on the latest stable > >>>> RouterOS version (6.38.1)? > >>>> > >>>> -Jason > >> > >> > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Carl Peterson > > > > PORT NETWORKS > > > > 401 E Pratt St, Ste 2553 > > > > Baltimore, MD 21202 > > > > (410) 637-3707 >
