Re: EoMPLS point to point design

Most likely, EoMPLS configuration at Service Provider end is incorrect.
I went through this mill before and end up with wasting a lot of time but I
had solid debugs and sent to the Teleco to fix their mess.

On Sat, Jul 9, 2011 at 4:55 PM, Irfan Sid <lifeoverip_at_gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Group
>
> With EoMPLS point to point link can I put a L2 switch facing the Service
> provider PE routers on both ends, or does it have to be a L3 router? All
> the
> cisco documentations seems to show a router.
>
> Reason Im asking is that I have ordered a EoMPLS point to point circuit
> from
> my service provider between two cities, and I am not getting an end to end
> Layer 2 broadcast domain when I connect a switch on each end. The service
> provider has stated that I need a Router facing back to the service
> provider
> on both ends, and a switch wil not work?
>
> I wanted to create a Layer 2 trunk between the two sites and have a flat
> layer 2 topology between the two ciites.
>
> Is it not possible to have a Layer 2 Ethernet domain via EoMPLS or do I
> have
> to use VPLS for this? Please can someone explain this to me and how I can
> meet my requirements.
>
> Kind Regards
> Irfan S.
>
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