Branch Location Over The Internet

Tue Aug 11 22:32:55 UTC 2015

Eoip is Mikrotik only

Josh Luthman
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On Aug 11, 2015 6:28 PM, "Colton Conor" <colton.conor at gmail.com> wrote:

> EoIP seems to be what I am looking for, however this recent Mikrotik
> session says:
>
> EoIP could be a solution for tunneling L2 over L3.
> • EoIP disadvantages: – Fragmentation of L2 frames over multiple L3 packets
> – Performance issues •
> VPLS advantages: – No fragmentation. – 60% more performance then EoIP.
>
> So it sounds like VPLS might be better than EoIP? I can't find much about
> EoIP online, so is this a Mikrotik only protocol?
>
> On Tue, Aug 11, 2015 at 1:46 PM, Jürgen Jaritsch <jj at anexia.at> wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > Mikrotik Routerboard + (encrypted) Ethernet over IP (EoIP). If required:
> > MPLS+OSPF+BGP in the EoIP for additional features.
> >
> > Build the pseudo Layer2 with two dedicated boxes. In the HQ you can hand
> > it over directly to the MX80 and at the new office you can work with
> small
> > boxes like Cisco 7301 (also available with redundant PS) or if you need
> > more ports: 19xx ...
> >
> > #) cheap setup
> > #) can easily transport a few hundred Meg
> > #) you can use refurb parts if required
> > #) big community support for Mikrotik Routerboards
> > #) encrypted transport possible
> > #) works with dynamic IPs
> > #) MPLS in the EoIP allows you to transport VRFs with BGP signaling
> >
> > Etc etc
> >
> > Best regards
> >
> >
> > Jürgen Jaritsch
> > Head of Network & Infrastructure
> >
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> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > *From:* Colton Conor [colton.conor at gmail.com]
> > *Received:* Dienstag, 11 Aug. 2015, 20:23
> > *To:* NANOG [nanog at nanog.org]
> > *Subject:* Branch Location Over The Internet
> >
> > We have an enterprise that has a headquarter office with redundant fiber
> > connections, its own ASN, its own /22 IP block from ARIN, and a couple of
> > gigabit internet connections from multiple providers. The office is
> taking
> > full BGP routes from tier 1 providers using a Juniper MX80.
> >
> > They are establishing their first branch location, and need the branch
> > location to be able to securely communicate back to headquarters, AND be
> > able to use a /24 of  headquarters public IP addresses. Ideally the
> device
> > at the HQ location would hand out public IP address using DHCP to the
> other
> > side of the tunnel at the branch location.
> >
> > We know that in an ideal world it would be wise to get layer 2 transport
> > connections from HQ to the branch location, but lets assume that is not
> an
> > option. Please don't flood this thread about how it could be an option
> > because it's not at this time. This setup will be temporary and in
> service
> > for the next year until we get fiber to the branch site.
> >
> > Let's assume at the branch location we can get a DOCSIS cable internet
> > connection from a incumbent cable provider such as Comcast, and that
> > provider will give us a couple static IP address. Assume as a backup, we
> > have a PPPoE DSL connection from the ILEC such as Verizon who gives us a
> > dynamic IP address.
> >
> > What solution could we put at the HQ site and the branch site to achieve
> > this? Ideally we would want the solution to load balance between the
> > connections based on the connections speeds, and failover if one is down.
> > The cable connection will be much faster speed (probably 150Mbps down and
> > 10 Upload) compared to the DSL connection (10 download and 1 upload). If
> we
> > need more speed we can upgrade the cable modem to a higher package, but
> for
> > DSL that is the max speed so we might have to get multiple DSL lines. The
> > cable solution could always be used as the primary, and the DSL
> connection
> > could only be used as backup if that makes things easier.
> >
> > If you were to do this with Juniper or Cisco gear what would you have at
> > each location? What technology would you use?
> >
> > I know there is Pepewave and a couple of other software solutions that
> seem
> > to have a proprietary load balancing solutions developed, but I would
> > prefer to use a common Cisco or Juniper solution if one exists.
> >
> > There will be 50 users at the branch office. There is only one branch
> > location at this time, but they might expand to a couple more but under
> 10.
> >
>