MPLS and Backup VPN Connection

[Andy Guley]

My WAN sites are setup with a MPLS connection and an internet connection.  When the MPLS connection fails traffic then flows across a VPN connection. 

Is there any easy way to test the VPN connection without shutting down the MPLS connection?  I was just putting a static route into my to an IP that lived in my datacenter.  I would get ping responses but today I had an MPLS failure and the VPN connection didn't work correctly.  So, I am just looking for any thoughts on an easy test to confirm that its working.

Thanks

[Philip D'Ath]

Are you using DMVPN?

You could configure pings to just the remote tunnel IP addresses.

You could configure a route to a specific host address that forces the traffic over DMVPN, so you can verify that connectivity is working with a ping or monitoring tool.

[Andy Guley]

Unfortunately not using DMVPN yet. It's a IPSEC Tunnel from a 2911 to a Cisco ASA