Juniper MX - Routed pseudowire using LDP - VPWS or VPLS

Mon Mar 19 20:25:36 UTC 2018

Would you mind sharing the solution(s)?  I've stiched a L2 PW using lt-interfaces.

Thanks.

On Mon, Mar 19, 2018 at 11:51:36AM -0500, Ben Bartsch wrote:
> I want to thank everyone who contacted me on and off list on this request.
> I now have two methods to land a layer 3 endpoint on a layer 2 circuit to a
> remote PE.  I very much appreciate the input, feedback, and assistance.  I
> hope I personally get to meet all of you that reached out to me at a future
> NANOG meeting.  Thanks again!
> 
> -ben
> 
> On Sat, Mar 17, 2018 at 9:25 AM, Ben Bartsch <uwcableguy at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > When we had Cisco ASR 920/903 and  ASR9k, I could attach a layer 2
> > pseudowire endpoint on that device to a layer 3 BDI/BVI.  I'm trying to do
> > the same thing on a Juniper MX 480/960 and it does not appear to be
> > supported (for LDP at least - MP-BGP might be supported).  We could do
> > either VPWS or VPLS on the PE device handoff to the CE (layer 2 only).
> > JTAC has somewhat confirmed this is not supported for LDP, but they only do
> > break/fix, not new config.  We do not have professional services (we are
> > broke).
> >
> > Any Juniper routerheads out there that have seen this done using LDP
> > without having to hairpin on the MX?
> >
> > Thanks, y'all.
> >
> > -ben