07-08-2025 02:44 PM
I have router a with a gre tunnel (tunn 1)to router b. Gig 0/0/0 to Gig 0/0/0
i need to make another tunnel from A to a third on router C. C is connected to B on gig 0/0/1.
No routing protocols it’s a small network all static’s.
What’s the best way to handle the source interface on router A? Use the public IP? The interface itself, gig 0/0/0? Or the Tunn 1 IP addr?
07-08-2025 03:00 PM
Tunnel IP use as source of tunnel that can not be
Use IP as source or egress interface
Sure egress interface' this make your tunnel down when source interface is down.
Can I use same interface as source interface of two different tunnel points to two different remote peer ? YES sure you can
MHM
07-09-2025 01:52 AM
hello @ColForbin
Tunnel1 as source will not work _ tht IP exist only after the first tunnel is UP ...
Be sure Router C has got a static route back to Router A's source IP through Router B for the tunnel to come up successfuly.
07-09-2025 07:21 AM
I have router a with a gre tunnel (tunn 1)to router b. Gig 0/0/0 to Gig 0/0/0
Do those two interfaces share a link and in the same subnet?
C is connected to B on gig 0/0/1.
Ditto question?
If answers, above, are yes, then why tunnels? A learning lab? Could you explain purpose and topology choice for these tunnels?
That aside, you can "multiplex" the same interface IP for multiple tunnels. (The one device, I recall it was recommended not to do this on was the 6500. For it, each tunnel was recommended to have its own source interface, which could be accomplished by using loopbacks. [I believe this was to insure optimal hardware processing of each tunnel's traffic.])
Could the second tunnel use the first tunnel's IPs? I'm unsure that it's impossible. You would have to be very careful with routing loops caused by faulty recursive routing, which often happens to those new to tunneling even with a single tunnel.
M02@rt37 mentions
Be sure Router C has got a static route back to Router A's source IP through Router B for the tunnel to come up successfuly.
He's 100% correct, router C needs to know how to reach router A's tunnel destination, but the converse is true too, i.e. A=>C. Further this applies to all transit L3 hops, like router B. But although static route statements are generally used, how routing is structured is an "it depends". For example if both routers A and C had a default static to router B, that might work in your case (cannot be sure as you haven't fully described your topology).
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