Where to put the mpls router

[jmitchell26]

I am redoing my network and would like to know where to put the mpls router. Right now it is behind my firewall which is causing asynchronous routing since my firewall is doing my routing also. Do I connect the mpls router to my firewall or a layer 3 switch?

[Jon Marshall]

It's not clear why both devices doing routing is causing asymmetric routing ? 

It depends on your security policy ie. do you need to firewall your WAN connectivity or not ? 

Jon

[jmitchell26]

I have my firewall doing all my layer 3 routing and the mpls router sits behind my firewall on the data network. I'm going to buy a layer 3 switch and move my internal routing to that. I would like to know is do I connect my mpls router to the layer 3 switch or my firewall?

[Jon Marshall]

It is entirely up to you and what your security policy dictates. 

In environments I have worked in before we would connect the router directly to the L3 switch with no firewall in the path so technically it will work but it really does depend on your security requirements. 

Jon