[afnog] Need help on Disaster Recovery Site Setup

[Bernard Wanyama]

Thanks Mark.

Could you share with me your 'ideal' design for l2vpn?

- routing protocols to use?
- keepalive and hold timer values?
- any other important aspects

I am actually working on a project where the service provider won't go
l3vpn for the same reasons you are quoting - less than 30 sites with
Cisco 1841 at branch and Cisco 2821 at two core sites.

Kind regards,
Bernard

On 6 October 2011 09:28, Mark Tinka <mtinka at globaltransit.net> wrote:
> On Wednesday, October 05, 2011 09:39:51 PM Bernard Wanyama
> wrote:
>
>> - WAN service preferred to be Layer 3 VPN (MPLS)
>
> I'd prefer l2vpn's, as there is far less involvement from
> the carrier's side.
>
> l3vpn's can be complicated as routing needs to be co-
> ordinated with the provider.
>
> l2vpn's give you autonomy from the provider, from a routing
> perspective. This is a huge selling point.
>
> Mark.
>



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