This guide describes the building blocks of MPLS/VPN lab scenario using Mikrotik RouterOS and Juniper Networks Secure Service Gateway and SRX series .

1. Mikrotik® MPLS/VPN
Lab Part-1
By Kaveh Khosravi

2. What will be covered
• Introduction
• How to set up the Lab
• Configuration
• Connectivity Check

3. • 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 .

4. • 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 .
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Lets take a look at physical lab components

5. • How to set up the Lab
The Lab used in this tutorials consists of the following :
 Hardware
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DELL® N-4030 Labtop x1
Juniper® Networks SRX 210HM x1
Juniper® Networks Secure Services Gateway ( SSG5-SB) x2
Pluggable® USB 2.0 to Gigabit Ethernet Converter x2

6. • How to set up the Lab
The Lab used in this tutorials consists of the following :
 Hardware (DELL® N-4030 Labtop )

7. Processor
Intel Core i3-370M 2.4GHz Processor with Intel
Hyper-Threading Technology (3MB Cache)
Memory
Hard Drive
2GB DDR3-1333
320GB 5400RPM
Chipset
Mobile Intel® 5 Series Express Chipset HM57
Graphics
Intel HD Graphics
Display
14.0" High Definition (720p) 1366 x 768 WLED
Display with TrueLifeTM
Optical Drive
Network
DVD+/-RW Optical Drive
Integrated 10/100 Ethernet
Communication
Dell Wireless 1501 802.11 b/g/n; Dell Wireless
365 Bluetooth
Audio
Integrated Stereo Sound
Camera
Integrated .3 Megapixel Web Camera

8. • How to set up the Lab
The Lab used in this tutorials consists of the following :
 Hardware (Juniper® Networks SRX 210HM )
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)

9. • How to set up the Lab
The Lab used in this tutorials consists of the following :
 Hardware (Juniper® Networks Secure Services Gateway )
Juniper Networks Secure Services Gateway 5
with RS-232 Aux backup, Wireless
802.11a/b/g, 128 MB Memory

10. • 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 )

11. • How to set up the Lab
Hardware (Pluggable® USB 2.0 to Gigabit Ethernet Converter )
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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

12. • How to set up the Lab
The Lab used in this tutorials consists of the following :
 Software
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Vmware® Workstation 9 ( evaluation )
Windows® Server 2003 ( evaluation ) as Virtual machine
Mikrotik® Router OS ( evaluation) as Vitual machine

13. • 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 .

14. • 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 !

16. Everything is clear !

17. Juniper SRX & SSG-5 Devices

18. USB-> Ethernet &
Spoke-1 labeled
cable

19. The link between
CE-1 & Spoke-1 via
USB->Ethernet
Spoke-2
Spoke-1
HUB

25. OC-3 155.52Mbps
OC-3 155.52Mbps
OC-3 155.52Mbps
T1 1.544Mbps
T3- 6.312Mbps
T1 1.544Mbps

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Physical lab video 1