Sorry I missed you _actual_ question :) I never figured out why this is the default behavior, sorry.
Regards Roger On Tue, Dec 7, 2021 at 4:40 PM Roger Wiklund <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi > > Yes you need to set the vga-v4/v6-mac on the IRB interface: > > virtual-gateway-v4-mac | EVPN User Guide | Juniper Networks TechLibrary > <https://www.juniper.net/documentation/us/en/software/junos/evpn-vxlan/topics/ref/statement/virtual-gateway-v4-mac-edit-interfaces.html> > > eg: > > set interfaces irb.x virtual-gateway-v4-mac 00:00:5e:44:44:44 > set interfaces irb.x virtual-gateway-v6-mac 00:00:5e:66:66:66 > > Regards > Roger > > On Sun, Nov 21, 2021 at 12:46 PM Chen Jiang via juniper-nsp < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi! Experts >> >> Sorry for disturbing, I am curious why IRB interface in EVPN does not use >> VGAs' Virtual MAC address (00:00:5e:00:01:01) to originate packets, but >> instead uses the interface real MAC address to originate packets. >> >> Are there any special thoughts behind this? It will cause BUM flooding if >> peer is a layer 2 switch ( peer s will never learn VGA virtual MAC >> address) >> >> Thanks for your help! >> >> -- >> BR! >> >> >> >> James Chen >> _______________________________________________ >> juniper-nsp mailing list [email protected] >> https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/juniper-nsp >> > _______________________________________________ juniper-nsp mailing list [email protected] https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/juniper-nsp

