Re: VPNv4 next-hop-self

Thank all for your inputs it has helped to put things into perspective.

On Mon, Jun 29, 2009 at 5:06 PM, Scott Morris <smorris_at_ine.com> wrote:

> That's going to very much depend on how you have/are building your LSPs.
> The next-hop-self in the wrong place will very definitely affect the MPLS
> traffic flow through your network.
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> VPNv4 isn't techncially different than "regular" IPv4 routes. So your
> thought process for why you'd need to or not need to do that is the same.
> But presumably you've built your ISP with having reachability to/from all PE
> routers' loopbacks.
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> Monitor your routes... Look at your next-hop information and see if it's
> what you expect it to be! If it's not... Change it to something else!
> Just be aware of whether it messes with your perceived traffic engineering.
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> Splinter wrote:
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> Hi All,
>
> please can anyone help me understand when to use the next-hop-self under the
> vpnv4 process and why this is needed.
> any good examples are welcome to get a better understanding.
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> thank you
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> Splinter
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