Hi All ,

Could you please provide inputs on this .

Thanks,
Ranjith

On Sat, Aug 27, 2011 at 11:04 PM, Ranjith R <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi All ,
>
> As part of a Failover scenario  we have the below setup.
>
> R1 ( VPN router ) -----  R2 ---------GRE tunnel -------------  R3 (
> internet router ) ------- Internet
>
> GRE tunnel  is built over a WAN link  which supports only 1500 Bytes .
>
> We observe high  input drops on the physical interface of R2  and hight
> input queue drops on the tunnel interfaces of R2 and R3 routers . On  R3 PBR
> is in place for clearing the DF bit for all packets hitting the physical
> interface of GRE tunnel without which we face connectivity issues for
> endusers who make use of IPSEC VPN for connecting to client.
>
> R1 - cisco 2821 and R3 -  Cisco 2911 .
>
> There is also high CPU usage on R2 which i beleive is due to the
> fragmentation / re-assembling  happening .What should be the ideal IP MTU
> and MSS value which could cause minimal fragmenation with the current
> scenario  ?
>
> Also if we acheive a higher MTU support on the WAN link can we acheive a
> better performance and lower CPU usage ?
>
>
> Kindly share your thoughts on why the input queue errors are increasing on
> the tunnel interface .
>
>
> Thanks,
> Ranjith
>
>
>
>
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