Hi everyone,
Please consider the following example, both routers are MX5T
R1 gig1/0/1-199.199.199.1-----Layer2 Provider1 path----199.199.199.2 gig1/0/1 R2
R2 gig 1/0/1--200.200.200.1-----Layer2 Provider2 path---200.200.200.2 gig1/0/2
Assume subnet 10.10.10.0/24 lives behind R1 and R2..
Design goal;
R2 must use Provider1 to reach 10.10.10.0/24. Only if Provider1 is down, then R2 should use Provider2 to reach 10.10.10.0/24
Constraint : We can not use routing protocol .
I thought about using floating static routes on R2 , but the issue is traffic can be blackholed if something happens within Provider network , the link will stay up therefore static route will continue to be used blackholing the traffic.
Unfortunately, MX5T does not support IP monitoring otherwise which would help us detect failures and install the static routes accordingly.
Is there any way I can install static route and remove static route based on RPM probe failure ?
Thanks and have a good night!!