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BGP Overview<br />

For example, in Figure 1 on page 7 the provider’s edge routers connect to two independent customers,<br />

Customer A and Customer B. Each customer would like to communicate private information between their<br />

own respective sites. Customer A Site 1 uses an IPv4 network address of 192.168.1.0 /24 and Customer A<br />

Site 2 uses an IPv4 network address of 192.168.2.0 /24. These identical network addresses are also used for<br />

Customer B Sites 1 and 2, respectively. The provider’s router must be able to associate one 192.168.1.0 /24<br />

with the public address for Customer A Site 1 and the other with Customer B Site 1. Likewise, separate<br />

associations for 192.168.2.0 /24 for Customer A and B Site 2 must be maintained.<br />

The provider’s edge router separates routes by the physical or logical interface on which they arrive. The<br />

router then stores routes from each customer in a separate VRF routing table. Different customers’ routing<br />

tables cannot be combined.<br />

The service provider edge router connecting to the local site forms an MPLS label switched path (LSP)<br />

with the service provider edge router connecting to the authorized remote site. (An LSP resembles a<br />

dynamic permanent virtual circuit (PVC).) The edge routers mark packets with an MPLS label that directs<br />

them toward the other router through the LSP so that only Customer A sites receive Customer A routes.<br />

VRF Customer A<br />

VRF Customer B<br />

192.168.1.0 /24<br />

192.168.1.0 /24<br />

Router<br />

Router<br />

192.168.2.0 /24<br />

Customer A Site 1<br />

Router<br />

Edge Router<br />

MPLS<br />

Edge Router<br />

Customer B Site 1<br />

Router<br />

192.168.2.0 /24<br />

Customer A Site 2<br />

Customer B Site 2<br />

Figure 1. Traffic Separation Using VRF<br />

Multihoming<br />

Multihoming is when a router has more than one connection to the Internet. BGP is especially useful for<br />

this type of application. When a router has only one Internet connection, static routing is normally<br />

implemented. The lower overhead and simpler configuration outweigh the loss in control. It does not<br />

matter that the router cannot balance loads because all external traffic has the same destination.<br />

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