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Question : Using Routers And VLANS Over AT&T's Opt-E-Man
I have 2 sites on AT&T's Opt-E-Man. Presently, they are connected via a Cisco 6509 at the main data center to AT&T's Cisco 3560 then to the cloud. At the remote sites, AT&T's Cisco 3650 hands it off to a Cisco 3570 and on to the users. The problem with this setup is that AT&T has a 50 MAC address per site limit so we have to pay extra every month for any number over that. A router will show up as just one MAC address to AT&T. Also, I have Packeteer PacketShapers that I can't use without a router.
What I want to do is connect them all with a Cisco 3640 at each site and a Cisco 7204 at the main site using FastEthernet ports.
This is all I can get from AT&T on the subject:
Cisco routers that support 802.1q:
The following configuration is required by any Cisco Systems, Inc. router running IOS software and attempting to use a routed interface to connect to a Layer2 vlan interface.
Interface Fastethernet 1/0.100
Encapsulation dot1q 2 (vlan 2 is configured for this sub interface)
Ip address 10.1.1.1 255.255.255.252
Interface Fastethernet 1/0.200
Encapsulation dot1q 5 (vlan 5 is configured for this sub interface)
Ip address 10.1.1.2 255.255.255.252
I've also heard that VLANs over IP unnumbered subinterfaces is a possibility, but I can't quite grasp the concept.
Thanks in advance for your time.
Answer : Using Routers And VLANS Over AT&T's Opt-E-Man
Don is correct. You can create the same L3 routed interfaces on both the 6509 and the 3750. The issue is that you will have to have separate IP subnets on both sides since you will be routing between them. Not sure why there are two vlans, but I assume for redundancy or voip.
Example on the 3750
vlan 2
vlan 5
interface Gigabit 0/0/24
switchport mode trunk
interface vlan 1
ip address 10.100.222.1 255.255.255.0 <== all local users are in this subnet
interface vlan 2
ip address 10.1.1.2 255.255.255.252
interface vlan 5
ip address 10.1.2.2 255.255.255.252
ip route 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 10.1.1.1
ip route 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 10.1.2.1
Use same basic config on the 6509. Make sure no other interfaces are assigned to vlan2 or 5.
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