Overview

Readers will learn how to create a GRE (Generic Routing Encapsulation) tunnel on an EdgeRouter.

Configuring a GRE Tunnel

The GRE tunnel will be used to route traffic between the 192.168.1.0/24 and 172.16.1.0/24 networks.

Follow the steps below to configure the GRE tunnel on both routers:

1. Enter configuration mode.

configure

2. Create the tunnel interface and define the local and remote tunnel endpoints.

set interfaces tunnel tun0 local-ip 203.0.113.1
set interfaces tunnel tun0 remote-ip 192.0.2.1

3. Define the tunnel encapsulation method.

set interfaces tunnel tun0 encapsulation gre

4. Define the IP address associated with the GRE tunnel

set interfaces tunnel tun0 address 10.255.12.1/30

5. Create a static route for the remote subnet.

set protocols static interface-route 172.16.1.0/24 next-hop-interface tun0

6. Commit the changes and save the configuration.

commit ; save

1. Enter configuration mode.

configure

2. Create the tunnel interface and define the local and remote tunnel endpoints.

set interfaces tunnel tun0 local-ip 192.0.2.1
set interfaces tunnel tun0 remote-ip 203.0.113.1

3. Define the tunnel encapsulation method.

set interfaces tunnel tun0 encapsulation gre

4. Define the IP address associated with the GRE tunnel

set interfaces tunnel tun0 address 10.255.12.2/30

5. Create a static route for the remote subnet.

set protocols static interface-route 192.168.1.0/24 next-hop-interface tun0

6. Commit the changes and save the configuration.

commit ; save

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