Eoip is Mikrotik only Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 On Aug 11, 2015 6:28 PM, "Colton Conor" <colton.co...@gmail.com> wrote:
> EoIP seems to be what I am looking for, however this recent Mikrotik > session says: > > EoIP could be a solution for tunneling L2 over L3. > • EoIP disadvantages: – Fragmentation of L2 frames over multiple L3 packets > – Performance issues • > VPLS advantages: – No fragmentation. – 60% more performance then EoIP. > > So it sounds like VPLS might be better than EoIP? I can't find much about > EoIP online, so is this a Mikrotik only protocol? > > On Tue, Aug 11, 2015 at 1:46 PM, Jürgen Jaritsch <j...@anexia.at> wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > Mikrotik Routerboard + (encrypted) Ethernet over IP (EoIP). If required: > > MPLS+OSPF+BGP in the EoIP for additional features. > > > > Build the pseudo Layer2 with two dedicated boxes. In the HQ you can hand > > it over directly to the MX80 and at the new office you can work with > small > > boxes like Cisco 7301 (also available with redundant PS) or if you need > > more ports: 19xx ... > > > > #) cheap setup > > #) can easily transport a few hundred Meg > > #) you can use refurb parts if required > > #) big community support for Mikrotik Routerboards > > #) encrypted transport possible > > #) works with dynamic IPs > > #) MPLS in the EoIP allows you to transport VRFs with BGP signaling > > > > Etc etc > > > > Best regards > > > > > > Jürgen Jaritsch > > Head of Network & Infrastructure > > > > ANEXIA Internetdienstleistungs GmbH > > > > Telefon: +43-5-0556-300 > > Telefax: +43-5-0556-500 > > > > E-Mail: j...@anexia.at > > Web: http://www.anexia.at > > > > Anschrift Hauptsitz Klagenfurt: Feldkirchnerstraße 140, 9020 Klagenfurt > > Geschäftsführer: Alexander Windbichler > > Firmenbuch: FN 289918a | Gerichtsstand: Klagenfurt | UID-Nummer: AT > > U63216601 > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > *From:* Colton Conor [colton.co...@gmail.com] > > *Received:* Dienstag, 11 Aug. 2015, 20:23 > > *To:* NANOG [nanog@nanog.org] > > *Subject:* Branch Location Over The Internet > > > > We have an enterprise that has a headquarter office with redundant fiber > > connections, its own ASN, its own /22 IP block from ARIN, and a couple of > > gigabit internet connections from multiple providers. The office is > taking > > full BGP routes from tier 1 providers using a Juniper MX80. > > > > They are establishing their first branch location, and need the branch > > location to be able to securely communicate back to headquarters, AND be > > able to use a /24 of headquarters public IP addresses. Ideally the > device > > at the HQ location would hand out public IP address using DHCP to the > other > > side of the tunnel at the branch location. > > > > We know that in an ideal world it would be wise to get layer 2 transport > > connections from HQ to the branch location, but lets assume that is not > an > > option. Please don't flood this thread about how it could be an option > > because it's not at this time. This setup will be temporary and in > service > > for the next year until we get fiber to the branch site. > > > > Let's assume at the branch location we can get a DOCSIS cable internet > > connection from a incumbent cable provider such as Comcast, and that > > provider will give us a couple static IP address. Assume as a backup, we > > have a PPPoE DSL connection from the ILEC such as Verizon who gives us a > > dynamic IP address. > > > > What solution could we put at the HQ site and the branch site to achieve > > this? Ideally we would want the solution to load balance between the > > connections based on the connections speeds, and failover if one is down. > > The cable connection will be much faster speed (probably 150Mbps down and > > 10 Upload) compared to the DSL connection (10 download and 1 upload). If > we > > need more speed we can upgrade the cable modem to a higher package, but > for > > DSL that is the max speed so we might have to get multiple DSL lines. The > > cable solution could always be used as the primary, and the DSL > connection > > could only be used as backup if that makes things easier. > > > > If you were to do this with Juniper or Cisco gear what would you have at > > each location? What technology would you use? > > > > I know there is Pepewave and a couple of other software solutions that > seem > > to have a proprietary load balancing solutions developed, but I would > > prefer to use a common Cisco or Juniper solution if one exists. > > > > There will be 50 users at the branch office. There is only one branch > > location at this time, but they might expand to a couple more but under > 10. > > >