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Start VPN Technologies PracticeA network engineer is configuring a GRE tunnel between two Cisco IOS routers, R1 and R2, to carry OSPF traffic over an ISP network. The tunnel source on R1 is GigabitEthernet0/0 (IP 203.0.113.1), and the tunnel destination is R2's GigabitEthernet0/0 (IP 203.0.113.2). The engineer enters the following commands on R1: interface Tunnel0 ip address 10.0.0.1 255.255.255.252 tunnel source GigabitEthernet0/0 tunnel destination 203.0.113.2 tunnel mode gre ip After configuration, the tunnel interface is up/up, but OSPF adjacency does not form. What is the most likely cause?
Explanation: The tunnel is up/up, indicating the underlay and GRE encapsulation are working. OSPF adjacency failure over a GRE tunnel commonly results from mismatched OSPF network types, which change hello/dead timers and neighbor discovery behavior. Aligning the network type on both tunnel interfaces restores adjacency. Other options are either contradicted by the up/up state or unsupported by the scenario.
A network engineer is deploying a DMVPN Phase 3 hub-and-spoke topology. Spokes must be able to communicate directly with each other without traffic traversing the hub. The hub router is configured with 'ip nhrp redirect' and spokes with 'ip nhrp shortcut'. After configuration, spoke-to-spoke traffic still goes through the hub. Which action resolves this issue?
Explanation: DMVPN Phase 3 enables spoke-to-spoke direct tunnels by using NHRP redirect on the hub and NHRP shortcut on spokes. The hub sends a redirect message when it receives a packet from a spoke destined to another spoke, allowing the source spoke to dynamically resolve the destination NBMA address and establish a direct tunnel. Without these commands, traffic follows the hub-and-spoke path.
A network engineer is configuring a VRF-lite based MPLS VPN on a Cisco IOS router. The router has two VRFs: CUSTOMER_A and CUSTOMER_B. The engineer wants to ensure that traffic from CUSTOMER_A can reach the global routing table for management purposes, but CUSTOMER_B should remain isolated. Which configuration accomplishes this?
Explanation: To allow a VRF to access the global routing table, you can configure a static route within the VRF that points to a next-hop in the global table using the global keyword. This effectively leaks the route from the VRF to the global table, enabling return traffic. Alternatively, you can use BGP import/export between the VRF and global. The key is to provide a route from the VRF to the global next-hop, while not affecting other VRFs.
A network administrator is deploying a site-to-site VPN using Cisco IOS GET VPN (Group Encrypted Transport VPN). The company requires that all routers in the group use the same encryption keys and that key distribution be handled by a central server. Which component is responsible for distributing the group security policy and keys to the group members?
Explanation: GET VPN uses a centralized Key Server to manage and distribute the group security policy, including encryption keys, to all Group Members. The KS uses the GDOI protocol to authenticate GMs and push the policy. This design eliminates the need for point-to-point IPsec tunnels and allows any-to-any connectivity within the group while maintaining a single encryption policy.
A company uses DMVPN Phase 2 with EIGRP as the routing protocol. The hub is configured with a single mGRE tunnel interface. Spokes are configured with ip nhrp map multicast dynamic and ip nhrp registration no-unique. The network engineer notices that spoke-to-spoke tunnels are not forming even though the hub is reachable. Which configuration change on the spokes is required to enable spoke-to-spoke tunnels in Phase 2?
Explanation: In DMVPN Phase 2, spoke-to-spoke tunnels are established when spokes have routes to each other's tunnel IPs and can resolve their NBMA addresses via NHRP. For this to work, all tunnel interfaces must be multipoint GRE and share the same IP subnet. This allows a spoke to send traffic directly to another spoke's tunnel IP, triggering NHRP resolution and direct tunnel creation.
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