Learn Juniper and Cisco networking – with jokes!
In part 2 of this three-part post we learn how to stretch an MPLS VPN between ISPs using a thing called “Option B”. It involves a little bit of trust between the ISPs – but as we’ll see, it greatly reduces the complexity in configuration!
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Ever wondered whether it’s possible to stretch an MPLS VPN across two ISPs? Well, indeed it is! In fact, there’s three ways to do it, and in this first post we learn all about the method officially known as “Option A”.
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Today I had the honour of being invited to become a Juniper Ambassador! Click this post to find out exactly what that means for me, for you, and for the future of the planet as we know it…
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Hey there: you smell good! That’s probably because you just read Part 1 of this two-part blog post, where we learned all about BGP communities, and how route-targets are used in MPLS VPNs. Well, now you know the theory, let’s look at a problem ticket. Click here to read Part 2!
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I fixed a ticket recently that I wanted to share with you, because it hits on three big topics at once: BGP communities, MPLS VPNs, and Junos routing policy. In this first of two posts, we’re going to learn about the theory. Click here to read all about BGP communities!
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(Keep reading this post to find out how you can sit this exam for free. That’s right – FOR FREE!)
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If you’re thinking about taking Juniper’s excellent Service Provider exam, give this a read – I’ve hooked you up with a ton of useful links!
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Regular readers of this blog probably see me as an extremely clever, flawless hunk who knows a lot, never makes mistakes, and is traditionally handsome but with a modern style. And of course, you’re not wrong. Except, here’s the twist: you’re dead wrong.
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This is a post about the different ways, and reasons why, we might move prefixes between the inet.3 and inet.0 tables on a Juniper router. You know: like George Clooney does in his spare time. Probably. Don’t look that up.
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In this first of a two-part post, I’m going to take you on a magical journey. And by “take you on a magical journey” I mean “teach you what the inet.3 table does on a Juniper router.” Which is basically the same thing as a magical journey, right?
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