On Fri, Mar 12, 2010 at 2:41 PM, Raja Subramanian
<[email protected]> wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 12, 2010 at 10:49 AM, Arun Khan <[email protected]> wrote:
>> On the WAN interface, there are two subnets coming in on the same pipe
>> from the service provide.
>>
>> One subnet is for MPLS VPN and other subnet is for Public IP addresses
>> (Internet access).
>>
>> I am planning to terminate the RJ45 cable from the service provider
>> modem directly into the WAN NIC.
>
> If you have control over the client side ISP router,

There is *no* client side ISP router - just a modem for media conversion

> it's better to run
> a VLAN trunk between the ISP router and your device. Put the
> MPLS subnet on one VLAN interface, and internet on the other
> VLAN interface.

This would imply a switch supporting VLAN right?  If yes, the client
does *not* have the infra.

> You'll end up having 2 VLAN interfaces on your appliance which
> you can configure independently as if they were individual NICs.

The appliance is an Intel Atom DG945GCLF based nettop with 2 NICs (one
for LAN and one for WAN)
Would appreciate some pointers If you are suggesting to do VLAN in
Linux on the WAN NIC.

>
>> Please confirm if anyone has done IP "alias" using the vyatta router.
>> I am working with the version vc5.0.2 as well as VC6.0-2010.02.19.beta
>
> Problem with IP aliasing is that there is no isolation at L2 between the
> MPLS and the internet.  There is the possibility of a data leak between
> internet and MPLS.

This possibility also exists in VLANs does it not?  In my scenario, at
the L2 layer, it is a point to point connection with the service
provider (who is providing both MPLS VPN as well as Internet)

Thanks for your input.

-- Arun Khan
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