Re: Single router for P/PE functions

2009-09-04 Thread Alex H. Ryu
replies. Much > appreciated. > > Serge > > > > > > From: William McCall > To: Serge Vautour > Cc: nanog@nanog.org > Sent: Friday, September 4, 2009 1:07:40 AM > Subject: Re: Single router for P/PE functions > > Kinda depends on what you're doing exactly

Re: Single router for P/PE functions

2009-09-04 Thread Serge Vautour
liam McCall To: Serge Vautour Cc: nanog@nanog.org Sent: Friday, September 4, 2009 1:07:40 AM Subject: Re: Single router for P/PE functions Kinda depends on what you're doing exactly, but like Erik said, it certainly possible and depending on your particular needs, it might not be much of an is

RE: Single router for P/PE functions

2009-09-04 Thread Uri Joskovitch
Hi All Any one is using PWE solutions? Any good/bad experience with this technology? Thanks Uri

Re: Single router for P/PE functions

2009-09-04 Thread Erik Schmersal
Hi dave, Our setup was a dual ring with two devices common to both rings. It used a full mesh of LSP's but the majority of traffic was L3VPN. There were some VPLS connections as well, maybe a total of 30 VLAN's. LSP's were set up with static path's the short way around the ring and a standby activ

Re: Single router for P/PE functions

2009-09-03 Thread Mikael Abrahamsson
On Thu, 3 Sep 2009, Serge Vautour wrote: I'm pretty confident that a router can be used to perform P & PE functions simultaneously. What about from a best practice perspective? Is this something that should be completely avoided? Why? We're considering doing this as a temporary workaround but

Re: Single router for P/PE functions

2009-09-03 Thread William McCall
Kinda depends on what you're doing exactly, but like Erik said, it certainly possible and depending on your particular needs, it might not be much of an issue at all. Can you describe your scenario a bit more? --WM On Thu, Sep 3, 2009 at 10:20 AM, Serge Vautour wrote: > Hello, > > I'm pretty co

Re: Single router for P/PE functions

2009-09-03 Thread Erik Schmersal
> Not only can they, it's done quite frequently. I just completed a >> deployment of seven Juniper MX series routers in a dual ring configuration, >> all acting as combination P/PE devices for a state government WAN backbone. >> Works like a charm. >> >> Erik >> >> >> On Thu, Sep 3, 2009 at 10:20 A

Single router for P/PE functions

2009-09-03 Thread Serge Vautour
Hello, I'm pretty confident that a router can be used to perform P & PE functions simultaneously. What about from a best practice perspective? Is this something that should be completely avoided? Why? We're considering doing this as a temporary workaround but we all know temporary usually lasts