XTM BGP Multiple Carriers

[buwrito]

Has anyone had luck setting up BGP with multiple carriers on an XTM device? I've been talking with support and they are telling me I can't use the same IP addresses on multiple external interfaces.

Thanks!

 

[hairlessupportmonkey]

Have you checked the help

there is a useful example config.

http://www.watchguard.com/help/docs...ing/bgp_configure_c.html|SkinName=WSM (en-US)

personally I havent needed to configure BGP!

ACSS - SME
General Geek

 

[buwrito]

Thanks for the reply, yes i've gone through the help files and have the dynamic routing all setup. The problem i'm running into is: On what interface to I specify the IP addressing? Or does it not need to be associated with an interface (secondary addresses) -- if so, how do I setup SNAT or other incoming rules?

Thanks!

 

[hairlessupportmonkey]

Allow BGP Traffic Through the XTM Device

You must add and configure a policy to allow BGP traffic to the XTM device from the approved networks. These networks must be the same networks you defined in your BGP configuration file.

Click
Or, select Edit > Add Policies.
From the list of packet filters, select BGP. Click Add.
In the New Policy Properties dialog box, configure the policy to allow traffic from the IP or network address of the router that uses BGP to the XTM device interface it connects to. You must also add the network broadcast IP address.
Click OK.
Set up the router you selected in Step 3.
After you configure the router, open the Traffic and Performance Statistics (Status Report) and look at the dynamic routing section to verify that the XTM device and the router are sending updates to each other.

You can then add authentication and restrict the BGP policy to listen only on the correct interfaces.

ACSS - SME
General Geek

 

[hairlessupportmonkey]

I also guess the WG is smart enough to look at the policy and route traffic via that rule.

ACSS - SME
General Geek