[Voyage-linux] MPLS on Voyage Linux

[Tayeb Meftah]

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  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Wayne Lee 
  To: Steve Muni ; Voyage 
  Sent: Tuesday, February 04, 2014 12:33 PM
  Subject: Re: [Voyage-linux] MPLS on Voyage Linux


  Hello 


  I never installed MPLS on mine, a quick read of the MPLS readme suggests it's not using the "via" arg


RUNNING: To be able to run MPLS, you will need modified iproute2 programme which can be downloaded from:
https://github.com/i-maravic/iproute2
Creation of MPLS tunnel ingress points is done with:
# ip link add tunnel_name type mpls push 300 192.168.2.2or with
# ip route add 1.2.3.4 mpls push 300 192.168.2.2
To get more comprehensive explanation use:$ ip link add tunnel_name type mpls help
or$ ip route help
In order to be able to receive MPLS packets, interface must be MPLS enabled. This is done with:
# ip link set eth0 mpls onTo be able to receve MPLS packets recursively mpls0 interface must be brought up!
To build MPLS tunnel cross connect and egress points use:
# ip -M route add 200 mpls swap 300 dev eth0 192.168.3.3




  Wayne 



  On 4 February 2014 11:07, Steve Muni <emunicio at gmail.com> wrote:

    Thank you

    I have patched and compiled my mpls voyage linux version and all seems to be fine. However I am stucked trying test a mpls tunnel. I have wrote my problem in mpls-linux mailing list(http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_name=CAMVTf1hyy7WzkKH1YwnPE8vvCpJyN-QHB-qm%3D2f%2BVQvuSFNWWA%40mail.gmail.com&forum_name=mpls-linux-general) (but the list seems to be quite quiet).


    My problem now is when setting up a mpls tunnel in node I get an weird error:


    Following some tutorials,(ej. http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/mpls-linux/index.php?title=Examples)n in one node I type:

    ### mpls nhlfe add key 0 instructions push gen 1000 nexthop eth1 ipv4 10.10.10.23


    ### ip route add 10.10.1.0/24 via 10.10.10.23 mpls 0x3
    Error: argument "mpls" is wrong: Can't define mpls when using IP forwarding


    However I have disabled the IP fowarding:

    ### sysctl net.ipv4.ip_forward
    net.ipv4.ip_forward = 0


    Why is happening this? This is a normal behaviour and there is another way to stablish the tunnel? Or maybe the iproute package I am using is not the right one?


    I have checked the iproute.c code and the problem seems in use the "via" arg in the command. Should I use another instead? 


    Did you find a similar problem using your mpls voyage linux ?



    My mpls compiled version is: Linux voyage 2.6.32

    And iproute2 package is get from: 

https://github.com/i-maravic/iproute2Any idea or suggestion?Thank you



Kind regards, Esteban




    2014-01-30 Wayne Lee <linkconnect at googlemail.com>:

      Welcome !


      You will need to patch it yourself.



      On 30 January 2014 10:19, Steve Muni <emunicio at gmail.com> wrote:

        Thank you very much!


        I was asking because when compiling the voyage kernel from source, I did not find in "make menuconfig" any MPLS module to activate. Should I patch it with the generic mpls-linux patch before begin with the kernel configuration, or is there any option that I have not seen yet?


        Kind regards


        Esteban



        2014-01-30 Wayne Lee <linkconnect at googlemail.com>:


          Hello




          Yes it is possible to use the base Kernel config and add the other parts as required, standard kernel compile processes apply.


          I've used Voyage based systems as routers for years and it works very well indeed.







          On 24 January 2014 14:38, Steve Muni <emunicio at gmail.com> wrote:

            Hi list


            I would like to know if it is possible use MPLS in Voyage Linux.

            Is there any project that has already included MPLS in the voyage system? 


            Should be possible compile a new voyage kernel version with the MPLS linux implementation??


            Anybody has any advice or information to achieve that?


            Kind regards


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