Now that we know about IGP based LSP forwarding on Junos, the 2nd part in this series focuses on BGP and table inet.3. We also continue from where part 1 left off, by looking at how traffic-engineering bgp-igp and mpls-forwarding can affect route redistribution from OSPF into BGP.
It's been a while since I wrote a Junos post... there are a few things that I've been meaning to write up for a while, so this series will focus on MPLS label switched paths (LSP) and how to put traffic on to an LSP.
By default IGPs won't use an LSP, so this … Continue Reading ››
I had only intended to do 3 parts to this series, but I can't really stop at part 3 (MPLS) without posting about how MPLS Layer 3 VPN affects MTU. In this post we'll build a simple MPLS VPN network and our goal … Continue Reading ››
This week I took the CCDE written to recertify my CCIEs. That chalks up 8 years now of being a CCIE.
Firstly, why did I recert? Ethan Banks recently wrote a great post "Is the CCIE Certification Losing value?" in which Ethan talks about his upcoming re-certification deadline, and if he'll take the exam or not.
I … Continue Reading ››