MPLS problem..

[matthew.scala]

I am new to MPLS. I have 2 6500's connected to each other running OSPF & BGP. I really do not know how to describe the exact problem I'm having in details.. so I will be brief. When I do a show ip route vrf aois on the 1st 6500, the default route states that it will forward traffic to 172.30.99.99, which is one of it's loopback addresses (loopback17230).. but performing a show ip route vrf aois on the second 6500 shows that the default route will send traffic to 100.1.1.1, which is the 1st 6500's OSPF router-id (loopback0's address.) Obviously, this is a problem. Why is it doing this? Any ideas? I realize more information is needed.. but I'd rather not disclose entire configurations on here. Thanks in advance.

- Matt

[tekha]

On the 2nd 6500, is the default route known via OSPF?

And on the 1st 6500 is it known as a static route?

And what is the adminstrative distance?

My guess is that you have this on the 1st 6500:

ip route vrf aois 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 172.30.99.99

Is that correct?

[matthew.scala]

You are correct for the most part. Except.. the default route is being learned through BGP. But here is basically the problem I'm having. I am redistributing that static route from the 1st 6500 to the 2nd 6500 through iBGP. What I need to happen is for iBGP instead of using the 100.1.1.1 as it's default route for this specific VRF, I need it to use the redistributed static route from the 1st 6500. Do you understand where I'm going with this?

- Matt

[tekha]

If you type "sh ip bgp neigh" on the 2nd 6500, does it say "BGP neighbor is 100.1.1.1," or something completly different?

Perhaps 100.1.1.1 is just the "remote router id".

I understand that because of security resons, you can't post you configuration. But I take it you are redistributing OSPF, BGP and static routes into each other, and that might be where the problem is.

[matthew.scala]

Do you have an instant messenger or private email I can contact you by?

- Matt

[tekha]

Hmm, yeah sure, mail me at tekha@webspeed.dk.