Non Meraki VPN peers cummunication.

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KuJ
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Non Meraki VPN peers cummunication.

FW 1 and FW2 need to communicate with FW3 via MX250 site-to-site tunnel.

 

Unable to pass remote subnet to next peer.

 

Please give any suggestions on this

 

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alemabrahao
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The non-Meraki VPN does not participate in Meraki SD-WAN, so it will not work.

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alemabrahao
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The non-Meraki VPN does not participate in Meraki SD-WAN, so it will not work.

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KuJ
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any solution?

alemabrahao
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Configure a direct VPN between them.

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KuJ
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Thanks for the suggestion. but it is not possible next peers,due to policy

alemabrahao
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There is another option but you would need a third device.
 
In this case, it would be configuring a VPN with another device on the MX network side (such as a router, Linux, Mikrotik, etc.). Create a link between it and the MX or use an existing network, and create a route pointing this device as the next hop to the desired networks on the other side, so you can enable Auto VPN.
 
It's not the best solution but it works.
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Something like this.

 

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KuJ
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I will try. But i looking permanent solution.

alemabrahao
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The best solution would be to have an MX or at least a Z3 (depending on the size of the site) on each of the sites. So you can enjoy all the benefits of Meraki SD-WAN.
 
Other than that, this solution I mentioned would be the only one since communication needs to go through the MX.
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GreenMan
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Whilst agreeing with the recommendation for MX / Z devices everywhere (😉) I think the original ask was for all the tunnels to be non-Meraki VPN, in which case the limitation around not hairpinning AutoVPN with non-Meraki VPN doesn't apply.   I've not come across this particular ask before though - where there are no Meraki Spokes (as I understand it) - so am seeking some answers intrenally on whether this will / should work.   Did you raise a case with Meraki Support?   Did the Dashboard throw up errors, when you tried to configure it - or did it just not pass traffic?  Were you able to use packet captures to see where the traffic flow was breaking down?

He is not receiving an error, he wants to communicate between two non-meraki peer networks through the MX, which is not possible.😉

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KuJ
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Yes. you are right. We plan to go with non-Meraki.

KuJ
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Yes, bro. I have raised a case for this. As per Meraki team, not possible. I want to throw a non-meraki peer subnet to another peer. can't do source-based routing. there are limitations also basic nating is available.

GreenMan
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Whilst agreeing with the recommendation for MX / Z devices everywhere (😉) I think the original ask was for all the tunnels to be non-Meraki VPN, in which case the limitation around not hairpinning AutoVPN with non-Meraki VPN doesn't apply.   I've not come across this particular ask before though - where there are no Meraki Spokes (as I understand it) - so am seeking some answers internally on whether this will / should work.   Did you raise a case with Meraki Support?   Did the Dashboard throw up errors, when you tried to configure it - or did it just not pass traffic?  Were you able to use packet captures to see where the traffic flow was breaking down?

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