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tonyd
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Transporting VLANs over VPLS??

Tue Nov 13, 2012 10:21 pm

Hello,

I'm new to the Mikrotik world so I would greatly appreciate any help you might be able to lend me. I have to say that I've had an eye opener having dug into what RouterOS can do, wow! I am trying to set up (LAB) a configuration to transport several vlans over a VPLS Tunnel. I can/have set up the VPLS Tunnel and verified Layer 2 connectivity between both sides. What I can't seem to get working is transporting one or more vlans. Interesting, and likely I am not understanding what I am seeing, I do show traffic on the vlans on both the vpls and ethernet interfaces. However, I do not have layer 2 connectivity. I understand MTU size plays a crucial role. I have played around with MTU settings for MPLS, VPLS, etc (my config will probably look hacked up now). I'm obviously missing something. It could even be how I have my VLANs set up. Once I get it working in my lab I'll end up deploying across my backbone/Cisco. I do understand that, again, MTU is critical and that ALL interfaces transporting traffic must have a minimum MTU; while I've found there is some difference of opinion as to what that should be. I run Jumbo Frames to support WiMAX over my Dragonwave backhaul. I'll post the config of both sides and a few screen shots to visualize.


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[admin@MikroTik] > /mpls print
  dynamic-label-range: 16-1048575
        propagate-ttl: yes

[admin@MikroTik] > mpls interface print detail
Flags: X - disabled, * - default
 0  * interface=all mpls-mtu=1600

[admin@MikroTik] > /mpls ldp interface print detail
Flags: X - disabled, I - invalid
 0   interface=ether2 hello-interval=5s hold-time=15s
     transport-address=10.100.1.1 accept-dynamic-neighbors=yes

[admin@MikroTik] > /interface vpls print detail
Flags: X - disabled, R - running, D - dynamic,
B - bgp-signaled, C - cisco-bgp-signaled
 0 R   name="vpls-wimax" mtu=1600 l2mtu=1600 mac-address=02:F6:1B:9E:4A:0A
       arp=enabled disable-running-check=no remote-peer=10.100.1.2
       vpls-id=0:0 cisco-style=no cisco-style-id=0 advertised-l2mtu=1600
       pw-type=raw-ethernet

[admin@MikroTik] > /interface vlan print detail
Flags: X - disabled, R - running, S - slave
 0 R  name="eth_vlan520" mtu=1500 mac-address=00:90:0B:1D:FF:8A arp=enabled
      vlan-id=520 interface=ether3 use-service-tag=no

 1 R  name="vpls_vlan520" mtu=1500 l2mtu=1596 mac-address=02:F6:1B:9E:4A:0A
      arp=enabled vlan-id=520 interface=vpls-wimax use-service-tag=no

 2 R  name="eth_vlan920" mtu=1500 mac-address=00:90:0B:1D:FF:8A arp=enabled
      vlan-id=920 interface=ether3 use-service-tag=no

 3 R  name="vpls_vlan920" mtu=1500 l2mtu=1596 mac-address=02:F6:1B:9E:4A:0A
      arp=enabled vlan-id=920 interface=vpls-wimax use-service-tag=no

[admin@MikroTik] > /interface ethernet print detail
Flags: X - disabled, R - running, S - slave
 0 R  ;;; Management
      name="ether1" mtu=1500 mac-address=00:90:0B:1D:FF:88 arp=enabled
      disable-running-check=yes auto-negotiation=yes full-duplex=yes
      cable-settings=default speed=100Mbps

 1 R  ;;; VPLS Tunnel
      name="ether2" mtu=1500 mac-address=00:90:0B:1D:FF:89 arp=enabled
      disable-running-check=yes auto-negotiation=yes full-duplex=yes
      cable-settings=default speed=100Mbps

 2 R  ;;; To Trunked Switchport (vlans 520/920)
      name="ether3" mtu=1500 mac-address=00:90:0B:1D:FF:8A arp=enabled
      disable-running-check=yes auto-negotiation=yes full-duplex=yes
      cable-settings=default speed=100Mbps

 3 X  name="ether4" mtu=1500 mac-address=00:90:0B:1D:FF:8B arp=enabled
      disable-running-check=yes auto-negotiation=yes full-duplex=yes
      cable-settings=default speed=100Mbps

 4 X  name="ether5" mtu=1500 mac-address=00:90:0B:1D:FF:8C arp=enabled
      disable-running-check=yes auto-negotiation=yes full-duplex=yes
      cable-settings=default speed=100Mbps

 5 X  name="ether6" mtu=1500 mac-address=00:90:0B:1D:FF:8D arp=enabled
      disable-running-check=yes auto-negotiation=yes full-duplex=yes
      cable-settings=default speed=100Mbps

 6 X  name="ether7" mtu=1500 mac-address=00:90:0B:1D:FF:8E arp=enabled
      disable-running-check=yes auto-negotiation=yes full-duplex=yes
      cable-settings=default speed=100Mbps

 7 X  name="ether8" mtu=1500 mac-address=00:90:0B:1D:FF:8F arp=enabled
      disable-running-check=yes auto-negotiation=yes full-duplex=yes
      cable-settings=default speed=100Mbps

[admin@MikroTik] > /interface bridge print detail
Flags: X - disabled, R - running
 0  R name="loopback0" mtu=1500 l2mtu=65535 arp=enabled
      mac-address=00:00:00:00:00:00 protocol-mode=none priority=0x8000
      auto-mac=yes admin-mac=00:00:00:00:00:00 max-message-age=20s
      forward-delay=15s transmit-hold-count=6 ageing-time=5m

 1  R name="vpls_bridge" mtu=1600 l2mtu=65535 arp=enabled
      mac-address=02:F6:1B:9E:4A:0A protocol-mode=none priority=0x8000
      auto-mac=yes admin-mac=00:00:00:00:00:00 max-message-age=20s
      forward-delay=15s transmit-hold-count=6 ageing-time=5m

 2  R name="vlan_bridge" mtu=1600 l2mtu=1596 arp=enabled
      mac-address=00:90:0B:1D:FF:8A protocol-mode=none priority=0x8000
      auto-mac=yes admin-mac=00:00:00:00:00:00 max-message-age=20s
      forward-delay=15s transmit-hold-count=6 ageing-time=5m
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[admin@MikroTik] > /mpls print
  dynamic-label-range: 16-1048575
        propagate-ttl: yes

[admin@MikroTik] > /mpls interface print detail
Flags: X - disabled, * - default
 0  * interface=all mpls-mtu=1600

[admin@MikroTik] > /mpls ldp interface print detail
Flags: X - disabled, I - invalid
 0   interface=ether2 hello-interval=5s hold-time=15s transport-address=10.100.1.2
     accept-dynamic-neighbors=yes

[admin@MikroTik] > /interface vpls print detail
Flags: X - disabled, R - running, D - dynamic, B - bgp-signaled, C - cisco-bgp-signaled
 0 R   name="vpls-wimax" mtu=1600 l2mtu=1600 mac-address=02:49:BF:8A:04:66 arp=enabled
       disable-running-check=no remote-peer=10.100.1.1 vpls-id=0:0 cisco-style=no cisco-style-id=0
       advertised-l2mtu=1600 pw-type=raw-ethernet

[admin@MikroTik] > /interface vlan print detail
Flags: X - disabled, R - running, S - slave
 0    name="eth_vlan520" mtu=1500 l2mtu=1518 mac-address=00:0C:42:58:F7:EB arp=enabled vlan-id=520
      interface=ether3 use-service-tag=no

 1 R  name="vpls_vlan520" mtu=1500 l2mtu=1596 mac-address=02:49:BF:8A:04:66 arp=enabled vlan-id=520
      interface=vpls-wimax use-service-tag=no

 2    name="eth_vlan920" mtu=1500 l2mtu=1518 mac-address=00:0C:42:58:F7:EB arp=enabled vlan-id=920
      interface=ether3 use-service-tag=no

 3 R  name="vpls_vlan920" mtu=1500 l2mtu=1596 mac-address=02:49:BF:8A:04:66 arp=enabled vlan-id=920
      interface=vpls-wimax use-service-tag=no

[admin@MikroTik] > /interface ethernet print detail
Flags: X - disabled, R - running, S - slave
 0 R  name="ether1" mtu=1526 l2mtu=1526 mac-address=00:0C:42:58:F7:E9 arp=enabled auto-negotiation=yes
      full-duplex=yes speed=100Mbps

 1 R  name="ether2" mtu=1500 l2mtu=1522 mac-address=00:0C:42:58:F7:EA arp=enabled auto-negotiation=yes
      full-duplex=yes speed=100Mbps master-port=none bandwidth=unlimited/unlimited switch=switch1

 2    name="ether3" mtu=1500 l2mtu=1522 mac-address=00:0C:42:58:F7:EB arp=enabled auto-negotiation=yes
      full-duplex=yes speed=100Mbps master-port=none bandwidth=unlimited/unlimited switch=switch1

[admin@MikroTik] > /interface bridge print detail
Flags: X - disabled, R - running
 0  R name="loopback0" mtu=1500 l2mtu=65535 arp=enabled mac-address=00:0C:42:58:F7:EB protocol-mode=none
      priority=0x8000 auto-mac=yes admin-mac=00:00:00:00:00:00 max-message-age=20s forward-delay=15s
      transmit-hold-count=6 ageing-time=5m

 1  R name="vpls_bridge" mtu=1526 l2mtu=65535 arp=enabled mac-address=02:49:BF:8A:04:66 protocol-mode=none
      priority=0x8000 auto-mac=yes admin-mac=00:00:00:00:00:00 max-message-age=20s forward-delay=15s
      transmit-hold-count=6 ageing-time=5m

 2  R name="vlan_bridge" mtu=1500 l2mtu=1596 arp=enabled mac-address=02:49:BF:8A:04:66 protocol-mode=none
      priority=0x8000 auto-mac=yes admin-mac=00:00:00:00:00:00 max-message-age=20s forward-delay=15s
      transmit-hold-count=6 ageing-time=5m
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tonyd
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Re: Transporting VLANs over VPLS??

Tue Nov 13, 2012 10:28 pm

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Cisco Catalyst 2960G
Ports facing routers are trunked and ports facing a laptop to test vlan connectivity are access ports
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tonyd
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Re: Transporting VLANs over VPLS??

Wed Nov 14, 2012 8:33 pm

Ok, I seem to have my VPLS Tunnel up and running and VLANs operating over the tunnel. If I connect a laptop to access port on switch 2 and modem to access port on switch 1 (both vlan 520) I can pull DHCP, and browse pages, send email, etc. However, pinging the other side of the /30 I do get packet fragmentation. This forum post http://forum.mikrotik.com/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=62293 talked about changing the MTU on all LDP interfaces. I'm not entirely clear on what all the LDP interfaces are. I assume (I know, don't... so I ask), the physical port which carries the VPLS and VLANs (ether2), the MPLS interface, and the VPLS interface. Does this also include the Bridge interface? Or do I have it all wrong. Could you direct me to the interfaces I need to change? BTW, when I attempt to change the MTU on the physical interface ether2, I get an error. I've included a screenshot to visualize what I see. Thanks for any help you can send my way.
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[admin@MikroTik] > ping 10.100.1.2 size=1526 do-not-fragment
HOST                                     SIZE TTL TIME STATUS
                                                        packet too large and cannot be fragmented
10.100.1.1                                576  64 6ms fragmentation needed...
    sent=1 received=0 packet-loss=100%

[admin@MikroTik] > ping 10.100.1.2 size=1516 do-not-fragment
HOST                                     SIZE TTL TIME STATUS
                                                        packet too large and cannot be fragmented
10.100.1.1                                576  64 1ms fragmentation needed and DF set
    sent=1 received=0 packet-loss=100%

[admin@MikroTik] > ping 10.100.1.2 size=1496 do-not-fragment
HOST                                     SIZE TTL TIME STATUS
10.100.1.2                               1496  64 0ms
10.100.1.2                               1496  64 0ms
    sent=2 received=2 packet-loss=0% min-rtt=0ms avg-rtt=0ms max-rtt=0ms

[admin@MikroTik] >
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Re: Transporting VLANs over VPLS??

Wed May 01, 2024 8:50 pm

Curious on your final results, as this is what I'm currently hung up on. What was it you found in the end that got VLAN transport across to endpoints working?
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