4-3-1. Cisco dual BGP with AS prepend (Redundancy)

BGP sample configuration 3-1-1

Cisco dual BGP with AS prepend (Redundancy)

   
  • ISPs : 2
  • WAN links : 2
  • CPE : 1
  • PE : 2
  • Device : Cisco router with LAN/WAN ports.
  • WAN1 / Serial IP : 10.20.1.0/30 (mask 255.255.255.252)
  • WAN2 / Serial IP : 10.30.1.0/30 (mask 255.255.255.252)
  • LAN / Ethernet IP : 100.100.100.0/24
  • Receiving Route : Default route only from ISP
  • Memory : Full route(recommend 512M), partial route
    (recommend 128-256M), default route only in this sample.
  • LAN : ISP_A (AS20), ISP_B(AS30), Customer (AS10) and other ISP (AS50)

 

BGP sample configuration 3-1-1

 [Traffic flow]

Outbound traffic on CPE

Using CPE is received only default route thru the both BGP sessions, so outbound traffic will be load-shared with two default exits. Of cause it wouldn’t be exact 50/50, due to packets will be routed by destination based. 

Inbound traffic  on CPE

All traffic inbound traffic will be routed thru ISP_"A" link, b/c it is shortest AS path. See below example and testing output.

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[CPE/Customer Cisco Router]

version 12.4
service timestamps debug datetime msec
service timestamps log datetime msec
no service password-encryption
!
hostname CPE
!
boot-start-marker
boot-end-marker
!
ip cef
!
interface FastEthernet0/0
 no ip address
 duplex auto
 speed auto
!
interface FastEthernet0/1
 no ip address
 shutdown
 duplex auto
 speed auto
!
interface Serial1/0
 no ip address
 shutdown
 serial restart-delay 0
!
interface Serial1/1
 ip address 10.20.1.1 255.255.255.252
 serial restart-delay 0
!
interface Serial1/2
 ip address 10.30.1.1 255.255.255.252
 serial restart-delay 0
!
interface Serial1/3
 no ip address
 shutdown
 serial restart-delay 0
!
interface FastEthernet2/0
 ip address 100.100.100.1 255.255.255.0
 duplex auto
 speed auto
!
router bgp 10
 no synchronization
 bgp log-neighbor-changes
 network 100.100.100.0 mask 255.255.255.0
 redistribute connected
 neighbor 10.20.1.2 remote-as 20 <—————— BGP neighbor to ISP_"A"
 neighbor 10.20.1.2 prefix-list to-ISP out
 neighbor 10.30.1.2 remote-as 30 <—————— BGP neighbor to ISP_"B"

 neighbor 10.30.1.2 prefix-list to-ISP out
 neighbor 10.30.1.2 route-map shadow out <—– Make shadow link

 no auto-summary
!
ip http server
no ip http secure-server
ip forward-protocol nd
!
ip prefix-list to-ISP description just-announcement <—– Allow only IP block need to be advertised to ISP
ip prefix-list to-ISP seq 5 permit 100.100.100.0/24
!
route-map shadow permit 10
 match ip address prefix-list to-ISP
 set as-path prepend 10 10 <———- Prepending AS 10 two times on announcement to ISP_"B"

!
control-plane
!
line con 0
 exec-timeout 0 0
 logging synchronous
line aux 0
line vty 0 4
 login
!
end

[ISP_A PE/ISP Cisco Router]

version 12.4
service timestamps debug datetime msec
service timestamps log datetime msec
no service password-encryption
!
hostname ISP_A
!
boot-start-marker
boot-end-marker
!
ip cef
!
interface FastEthernet0/0
 no ip address
 shutdown
 duplex auto
 speed auto
!
interface FastEthernet0/1
 no ip address
 shutdown
 duplex auto
 speed auto
!
interface Serial1/0
 ip address 10.20.1.2 255.255.255.252
 serial restart-delay 0
!
interface Serial1/1
 ip address 20.20.1.1 255.255.255.252
 serial restart-delay 0
!
interface Serial1/2
 no ip address
 shutdown
 serial restart-delay 0
!
interface Serial1/3
 no ip address
 shutdown
 serial restart-delay 0
!
router bgp 20
 no synchronization
 bgp log-neighbor-changes
 redistribute connected
 neighbor 10.20.1.1 remote-as 10 <—————— BGP neighbor to Customer
 neighbor 10.20.1.1 default-originate <————– Sending default route thru BGP
 neighbor 10.20.1.1 route-map no-routes out <——- No BGP routes will be sent to Customer
 neighbor 20.20.1.2 remote-as 20
 no auto-summary
!
ip http server
no ip http secure-server
ip forward-protocol nd
!
route-map no-routes deny 10 <——- No BGP routes will be sent to Customer
!
control-plane
!
line con 0
 exec-timeout 0 0
 logging synchronous
line aux 0
line vty 0 4
 login
!
!
end

[ISP_B PE / ISP Cisco Router]

version 12.4
service timestamps debug datetime msec
service timestamps log datetime msec
no service password-encryption
!
hostname ISP_B
!
boot-start-marker
boot-end-marker
!
ip cef
!
interface FastEthernet0/0
 no ip address
 shutdown
 duplex auto
 speed auto
!
interface FastEthernet0/1
 no ip address
 shutdown
 duplex auto
 speed auto
!
interface Serial1/0
 ip address 10.30.1.2 255.255.255.252
 serial restart-delay 0
!
interface Serial1/1
 ip address 30.30.1.1 255.255.255.252
 serial restart-delay 0
!
interface Serial1/2
 no ip address
 shutdown
 serial restart-delay 0
!
interface Serial1/3
 no ip address
 shutdown
 serial restart-delay 0
!
router bgp 30
 no synchronization
 bgp log-neighbor-changes
 redistribute connected
 neighbor 10.30.1.1 remote-as 10 <—————— BGP neighbor to Customer
 neighbor 10.30.1.1 default-originate route-map backup-default <—— Sending default route with metric 10
 neighbor 10.30.1.1 route-map no-routes out <——- No BGP routes will be sent to Customer
 neighbor 30.30.1.2 remote-as 30
 no auto-summary
!
ip http server
no ip http secure-server
ip forward-protocol nd
!
route-map no-routes deny 10 <——- No BGP routes will be sent to Customer
!
route-map backup-default permit 10 <—— Sending default route with metric 10
 set metric 10
!
control-plane
!
line con 0
 exec-timeout 0 0
 logging synchronous
line aux 0
line vty 0 4
 login
!
end

[Verifing output]

CPE#sh ip bgp nei 10.30.1.2 ro
BGP table version is 9, local router ID is 100.100.100.1
Status codes: s suppressed, d damped, h history, * valid, > best, i – internal,
              r RIB-failure, S Stale
Origin codes: i – IGP, e – EGP, ? – incomplete

   Network          Next Hop            Metric LocPrf Weight Path
*  0.0.0.0          10.30.1.2               10             0 30 i

Total number of prefixes 1


CPE#sh ip bgp nei 10.20.1.2 ro
BGP table version is 9, local router ID is 100.100.100.1
Status codes: s suppressed, d damped, h history, * valid, > best, i – internal,
              r RIB-failure, S Stale
Origin codes: i – IGP, e – EGP, ? – incomplete

   Network          Next Hop            Metric LocPrf Weight Path
*> 0.0.0.0          10.20.1.2                0             0 20 i

Total number of prefixes 1

 

ISP_B#sh ip bgp 100.100.100.0
BGP routing table entry for 100.100.100.0/24, version 22
Paths: (2 available, best #1, table Default-IP-Routing-Table)
Flag: 0x820
  Not advertised to any peer
  20 10
    20.30.1.1 from 30.30.1.2 (30.50.1.1)
      Origin IGP, metric 0, localpref 100, valid, internal, best
  10 10 10
    10.30.1.1 from 10.30.1.1 (100.100.100.1)
      Origin IGP, metric 0, localpref 100, valid, external
ISP_B#

 

ISP_A#sh ip bgp 100.100.100.0
BGP routing table entry for 100.100.100.0/24, version 21
Paths: (1 available, best #1, table Default-IP-Routing-Table)
  Advertised to update-groups:
     1
  10
    10.20.1.1 from 10.20.1.1 (100.100.100.1)
      Origin IGP, metric 0, localpref 100, valid, external, best
ISP_A#

 

TR_B#sh ip bgp 100.100.100.0
BGP routing table entry for 100.100.100.0/24, version 21
Paths: (2 available, best #2, table Default-IP-Routing-Table)
Flag: 0x820
  Advertised to update-groups:
     1          2
  50 20 10
    30.50.1.2 from 30.50.1.2 (30.50.1.2)
      Origin IGP, localpref 100, valid, external
  20 10
    20.30.1.1 from 20.30.1.1 (20.50.1.1)
      Origin IGP, localpref 100, valid, external, best
TR_B#

 

TR_A#sh ip bgp 100.100.100.0
BGP routing table entry for 100.100.100.0/24, version 19
Paths: (1 available, best #1, table Default-IP-Routing-Table)
Flag: 0x820
  Advertised to update-groups:
     1
  10
    10.20.1.1 from 20.20.1.1 (20.20.1.1)
      Origin IGP, metric 0, localpref 100, valid, internal, best
TR_A#

 

Internet#sh ip bgp 100.100.100.0
BGP routing table entry for 100.100.100.0/24, version 22
Paths: (2 available, best #1, table Default-IP-Routing-Table)
  Advertised to update-groups:
     1
  20 10
    20.50.1.1 from 20.50.1.1 (20.50.1.1)
      Origin IGP, localpref 100, valid, external, best
  30 20 10
    30.50.1.1 from 30.50.1.1 (30.50.1.1)
      Origin IGP, localpref 100, valid, external
Internet#

Internet#tr 100.100.100.2

Type escape sequence to abort.
Tracing the route to 100.100.100.2

  1 20.50.1.1 48 msec 40 msec 16 msec
  2 20.20.1.1 [AS 20] 16 msec 32 msec 44 msec
  3 10.20.1.1 [AS 20] 24 msec 96 msec 28 msec
  4 100.100.100.2 [AS 10] 52 msec 96 msec *
Internet#

 [Dynamips testing]

Download and test it yourself with below Dynamips configuration files.

  Dynamips NET file

  Router configuration files

 

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Author: Chris Yoon

IT professional