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[Jim Guichard <jguichar@cisco.com>]

yes, exactly this. By doing this, the CE is able to learn full Internet
routing information without the need to populate the PE with this
information. The Internet exit point address needs to be available via the
PE router and a default route within the PE VRF has to be available so that
any destination that is not covered by a VPN route can be routed based on
the default toward the exit point. From a CE perspective, all it needs to
do is be able to reach the exit point and advertise its BGP peering address
(next-hop) toward the PE router. Jim

At 08:47 26/10/2000 -0400, Paul Doolan wrote:
>Jim,
>
>>Other options include default routing from VPN sites to a
>>central site that has Internet connectivity, another is to offload the
>>Internet routes from the PE and run direct eBGP sessions from the VPN site
>>to the Internet exit point.
>
>  When you say 'VPN site' here are you suggesting that the CE router is
>  running eBGP with/to the 'Internet exit point' ?
>
>  pd
> 


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