Mikrotik® MPLS/VPNLab Part-1

By Kaveh Khosravi

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What will be covered

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• Introduction

• How to set up the Lab

• Configuration

• Connectivity Check

• Introduction

In this lab you are going to learn how to use Mikrotik’s powerful operating system , Router OS® , in order to implement MPLS/VPN functionality , although it lacks Important features like fast reroute * . All of the main examples and configurations for MPLS/VPN are given from Mikrotik’s documentations ** website .

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• How to set up the Lab The DELL Labtop is used for runnig vmware workstation to simulate the MPLS network with virtual machines running as Mikrotik Router-OS as Provider (P) and Provider Edge (PE) routers,Windows Server 2003 as Customer Edge ( CE) routers . Juniper SRX 210HM , First SSG-5 and Second SSG-5 act as HUB site , Spoke-Branch-1 and Spoke-Branch-2 respectively . Labtop’s FastEthernet and Pluggable USB to Gigabit Ethernets are used for connecting CE-1 to HUB site , CE-2 to spoke-2 and CE-3 to spoke-3 so we can make bridge between real world and Virtual world .

Lets take a look at physical lab components

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• How to set up the Lab

The Lab used in this tutorials consists of the following : Hardware

1. DELL® N-4030 Labtop x12. Juniper® Networks SRX 210HM x13. Juniper® Networks Secure Services Gateway ( SSG5-SB) x24. Pluggable® USB 2.0 to Gigabit Ethernet Converter x2

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• How to set up the Lab

The Lab used in this tutorials consists of the following : Hardware (DELL® N-4030 Labtop )

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ProcessorIntel Core i3-370M 2.4GHz Processor with Intel Hyper-Threading Technology (3MB Cache)

Memory 2GB DDR3-1333Hard Drive 320GB 5400RPM

Chipset Mobile Intel® 5 Series Express Chipset HM57

Graphics Intel HD Graphics

Display14.0" High Definition (720p) 1366 x 768 WLED Display with TrueLifeTM

Optical Drive DVD+/-RW Optical DriveNetwork Integrated 10/100 Ethernet

CommunicationDell Wireless 1501 802.11 b/g/n; Dell Wireless 365 Bluetooth

Audio Integrated Stereo Sound

Camera Integrated .3 Megapixel Web Camera

• How to set up the Lab

The Lab used in this tutorials consists of the following : Hardware (Juniper® Networks SRX 210HM )

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SRX210 Services Gateway with 2 GbE+ 6 Fast Ethernet ports, 1 Mini-PIM slot, 1 ExpressCard slot and high memory (1 GB RAM, 1 GB Flash)

• How to set up the Lab

The Lab used in this tutorials consists of the following : Hardware (Juniper® Networks Secure Services Gateway )

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Juniper Networks Secure Services Gateway 5 with RS-232 Aux backup, Wireless 802.11a/b/g, 128 MB Memory

• How to set up the Lab

The Lab used in this tutorials consists of the following : Hardware (Pluggable® USB 2.0 to Gigabit Ethernet Converter )

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• How to set up the Lab

Hardware (Pluggable® USB 2.0 to Gigabit Ethernet Converter )

• USB 2.0 male A to RJ45 female adapter supporting gigabit ethernet at USB 2.0 speeds• Drivers for Windows 7, Vista, XP, and Mac (requires download, see OS X 10.7 instructions), and

Linux (built into kernel 3.2 and above, earlier kernels require download and compile).• Supports 10/100/1000 with auto-sensing (IEEE 802.3, 802.3u, and 802.3ab)• Supports auto MDIX (straight and cross cable auto-detection)• ASIX AX88178 Controller – Jumbo packets up to 9KB (Windows only), along with suspend mode

and remote wakeup

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• How to set up the Lab

The Lab used in this tutorials consists of the following : Software

1. Vmware® Workstation 9 ( evaluation )2. Windows® Server 2003 ( evaluation ) as Virtual machine 3. Mikrotik® Router OS ( evaluation) as Vitual machine

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• How to set up the Lab

The Lab used in this tutorials consists of the following : Software (Windows® Server 2003 )

There is no need for no one in the networking field , with a few years of experience , to say : what is W2K3 ? Just like a previous slide , W2K3 is going to be installed in Vmware .

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• How to set up the Lab

The Lab used in this tutorials consists of the following : Software ( Vmware® Workstation 9 )

In the Implementation section you can see how to warm it up !

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USB-> Ethernet & Spoke-1 labeled

cable

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The link between CE-1 & Spoke-1 via

USB->Ethernet

Spoke-1

HUB

Spoke-2

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OC-3 155.52Mbps OC-3 155.52Mbps

OC-3 155.52Mbps

T3- 6.312MbpsT1 1.544Mbps

T1 1.544Mbps

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