VRF-CE

[doliver]

My company is switching from a traditional site-to-site IPSec VPN to a Service Provider MPLS solution. At our main site, we will be bringing in a DS3 to connect to the SP network via ATM. We will be channelizing 20Mb for MPLS traffic and 20Mb for Internet access. When I configure VRF-lite on our CE router (3725 w/ 2 FE ports and we want to put a PIX behind the Internet side), does the CE router have to exchange routes with the PE router via iBGP or can we use another routing protocol? Any help is appreciated.

Dean

[Harold Ritter]

The routing protocol you will run between the PE and the CE largerly depends on what your service provider is offering. It can range from BGP to RIP, OSPF, EIGRP, static routes.

You need to discuss these options with your SP.

Hope this helps,