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VLAN over VPLS Link

Mon Dec 07, 2020 4:28 pm

Hi,

I have manged to implement VPLS link between two different Mikrotik routers. Now, i need to be able to pass VLAN tagged traffic in addition to native VLAN traffic. I have tried multiple configuration but it didn't work. Could any one recommend the correct steps and configuration for achieving this?

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Re: VLAN over VPLS Link

Wed Dec 09, 2020 12:40 am

You will add vlans the same way as you would with other interfaces.

Post your attempt with vlan config here and we can see where you going wrong and can try and assist you
 
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Re: VLAN over VPLS Link

Wed Dec 09, 2020 1:13 am

The default layer 2 MTU of a VPLS tunnel is 1500 which is too small to admit a VLAN tag with a full size packet. You'll need to increase your advertised L2MTU to at least 1504 from 1500.
 
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Re: VLAN over VPLS Link

Wed Dec 09, 2020 2:36 am

The default layer 2 MTU of a VPLS tunnel is 1500 which is too small to admit a VLAN tag with a full size packet. You'll need to increase your advertised L2MTU to at least 1504 from 1500.
I have already done this and here is the VPLS interface,

0 DB name="vpls21" mtu=1500 l2mtu=1550 mac-address=02:2B:05:71:1C:78 arp=enabled
arp-timeout=auto disable-running-check=no remote-peer=10.20.1.2 cisco-style=no
cisco-style-id=0 advertised-l2mtu=1550 pw-type=raw-ethernet
use-control-word=yes vpls=MGMT-VPLS
 
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Re: VLAN over VPLS Link

Wed Dec 09, 2020 2:41 am

You will add vlans the same way as you would with other interfaces.

Post your attempt with vlan config here and we can see where you going wrong and can try and assist you


Connection should be as the following, Server > Mikrotik CCR1036 > VPLS > Mikrotik CCR2004 > Server.
I am trying to make both server communicate through VLAN "2". I have added the VLAN and allowed it through the port towards the server and through VPLS link.

I have bridged both VPLS and Server's port as well.

Flags: X - disabled, R - running
# NAME MTU ARP VLAN-ID INTERFACE
1 R Server-2 1500 enabled 2 ether4
2 VPLS 1500 enabled 2 vpls21
3 Bridge-VLAN 1500 enabled 2 MGMT
 
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Re: VLAN over VPLS Link

Wed Dec 09, 2020 9:54 am

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0 DB name="vpls21" mtu=1500 l2mtu=1550 mac-address=02:2B:05:71:1C:78 arp=enabled
arp-timeout=auto disable-running-check=no remote-peer=10.20.1.2 cisco-style=no
cisco-style-id=0 advertised-l2mtu=1550 pw-type=raw-ethernet
use-control-word=yes vpls=MGMT-VPLS

You are using BGP signaled VPLS, these VPLS interfaces are created dynamically which makes assigning Vlans difficult as the VPLS interface will change as and when router reboots, etc.

I don't know if there is a solution to this, have not worked much with BGP signaled VPLS
 
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Re: VLAN over VPLS Link

Wed Dec 09, 2020 2:32 pm

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You are using BGP signaled VPLS, these VPLS interfaces are created dynamically which makes assigning Vlans difficult as the VPLS interface will change as and when router reboots, etc.

I don't know if there is a solution to this, have not worked much with BGP signaled VPLS
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Thank you for your feedback.

Can i know how to setup it at least? I will deal with VPLS tunnel changing after rebooting
 
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Re: VLAN over VPLS Link

Wed Dec 09, 2020 3:10 pm

Mikrotik Wiki Article on Bridge Vlan:
https://wiki.mikrotik.com/wiki/Manual:Bridge_VLAN_Table

Herewith a good tutorial from a forum member:
viewtopic.php?f=13&t=143620&p=833307&hi ... an#p706996
 
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Re: VLAN over VPLS Link

Wed Dec 09, 2020 3:52 pm

If you want to pass all VLANs like a trunk over VPLS without specifying each VLAN, here is a blog article I wrote with config examples on how to use S-Tag for this.

https://stubarea51.net/2018/08/07/mikro ... and-s-tag/

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Re: VLAN over VPLS Link

Wed Dec 09, 2020 11:03 pm

Mikrotik Wiki Article on Bridge Vlan:
https://wiki.mikrotik.com/wiki/Manual:Bridge_VLAN_Table

Herewith a good tutorial from a forum member:
viewtopic.php?f=13&t=143620&p=833307&hi ... an#p706996
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