Hi,
Ive been experimenting with VPLS and I’ve got a couple of questions on best practises.
It’s my understanding that in the simplified diagram below, traffic will traverse from Router 1 to Router 3 without requiring a bridge configured on Router 2.
However, I have a couple of questions-
If I want to bridge the vpls tunnel to an Ethernet port on Router 2, do I add both tunnels to the bridge, or just one?
/ interface bridge add name=vpls
/ interface bridge port add interface="vpls-to-router-1" bridge=vpls
/ interface bridge port add interface="ether5" bridge=vpls
or
/ interface bridge add name=vpls
/ interface bridge port add interface="vpls-to-router-1" bridge=vpls
/ interface bridge port add interface="vpls-to-router-3" bridge=vpls
/ interface bridge port add interface="ether5" bridge=vpls
Also, if I want Router 2 to be ‘within’ the tunnel, do I put an IP on one of the VPLS interfaces, or do I put an IP on a bridge and bridge it to one or two[/] of the VPLS interfaces?E.G-
/ ip address add address=10.0.0.101/32 interface="vpls-to-router-1"
or
/ interface bridge add name=vpls
/ interface bridge port add interface="vpls-to-router-1" bridge=vpls
/ ip address add address=10.0.0.101/32 interface="vpls"
or
/ interface bridge add name=vpls
/ interface bridge port add interface="vpls-to-router-1" bridge=vpls
/ interface bridge port add interface="vpls-to-router-3" bridge=vpls
/ ip address add address=10.0.0.101/32 interface="vpls"
Thanks