New Network

[smavashev]

I am a soon to be network admin and have never set up a network to an existing network.

Can someone write down the steps you need to add a new location to a company's network. For example if they are using 8 Building with 7600 Routers and 6500 and you need another building and they are using MPLS or Private Network, or Internet. Would be steps to take.

[Jon Marshall]

That's a big question and it depends on what you already understand about networking. It also depends on the size of the new building in terms of users. Steps to consider -

1) connection to MPLS WAN / private WAN - you will need a router.  Which one depends on the size of the site and the bandwidth into the site

2) internet - if you are connecting to the internet directly from that site you will need a firewall. Alternatively you may have central access to the internet so you only need 1)

3) internal connectivity - you will need switches but impossible to say more without knowing setup

4) IP addressing - you will need summarised addressing for this new site

5) routing protocol to connect to MPLS + internal.

6) server connectivity if you have local servers

If you have never done this before then you are probably going to struggle. The above is a very basic list but there is so much more that could be added.

Start with size of building ie. bandwidth into site + users in site and then you can start to select the hardware you need. But if you need to use a 6500 and 7600 router these are not simple devices and if you have never configured one before you are in for a very steep learning curve.

We can help with some of it but we cannot do all the work for you.

Jon

[Jon Marshall]

Kuldeep

Please don't do this ie. you keep interrupting posts to point to your own. I have had a look at that post already and there seems to be enough people helping out on it.

I am always happy to help but i don't really have much to add to that post.

Jon

[smavashev]

Jon,

My knowledge on the subject is CCNP level. I understand MPLS, and let's say would use EIGRP Tunneling over MPLS.

All I need is the basic configuration with a 7600 router to connect to MPLS and then Tunnel EIGRP to my other 8 Sites. I have an example configuration from cisco.com. Please tell me it's reasonably correct as an example of OSPF config I found online.

SUMMARY STEPS

1. enable

2. configure terminal

3. ip cef distributed

4. mpls traffic-eng tunnels

5. interface loopback number

6. ip address ip-address mask

7. no shutdown

8. exit

9. interface tunnel number

10. tunnel mode mpls traffic-eng

11. tunnel mpls traffic-eng forwarding-adjacency {holdtime value}

12. ip ospf cost cost

13. exit

14. router ospf process-id

15. mpls traffic-eng router-id interface

16. mpls traffic-eng area number

17. end

[smavashev]

Or if you can give me a simpler config of just TUNNELING 2 EIGRP SITES OVER MPLS.