Ready for part 2 of our Network Detective MPLS L3VPN Ride-Along? In part 1 we were presented with the “Case of the Failed L3VPN Ping”. We started, like any ping troubleshooting, on the IP subnets themselves – do they exist in the… Read More ›
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Troubleshooting Basic MPLS L3VPN – Part 1 – BGP
Time for a little more fun in the Network Detective series! Today’s “Network Detective Ride-Along” will bring us into the config setup of someone very new to MPLS L3VPNs. As we go along remember the Network Detective Mantra “Be Prepared,… Read More ›
Network Detective Series: Troubleshooting Method Ride-A-Long
“Hey Fish, how good are you at BFD? None of my BFD neighbors will come up.” Two simple sentences and I am “hooked.” I love troubleshooting! Troubleshooting is just a blast for me! It’s like being a Network Detective trying… Read More ›
Router-IDs and the “7Ps”
In honor of Father’s Day coming up soon… I’d like to pass a gift along that my Dad gave me. The gift of the “7Ps”. The “7 Ps” The 7Ps apparently started off (according to wikipedia) as a British… Read More ›
The “Case of the Broken MPLS L3VPN” – Time to Troubleshoot!
In the last blog – “MPLS L3VPN: Label Following Fun with Fish” and its corresponding YouTube show and tell we basically set the stage for this blog and YouTube. 🙂 Last we left our environment, we saw a successful ping… Read More ›
MPLS L3VPN: Label Following Fun with Fish
I have to admit I LOVE MPLS. I admit, I didn’t love it so much when I was first learning. I found it kinda hard at first. But then I absolutely loved it once I “saw” it. Newer to MPLS… Read More ›
MPLS Fun in the Lab: Building a MPLS L3VPN Unicast and Multicast Cloud (6 Part Blog Series)
Hope you have TONS of fun with this blog series! I needed to build a full MPLS cloud with L3VPN unicast and multicast for a CPOC. 🙂 Figured what the heck… bring y’all along for a “knowledge sharing ride-along”. Ultimately… Read More ›