Troubleshooting Layer 3 VPNs Using ping and traceroute

This section provides examples of how to use the ping command to check the accessibility of various routers in a VPN topology, and how to use the traceroute command to check the path that packets travel between the VPN routers. The topology shown in Figure 20 illustrates these commands.

Figure 20: Layer 3 VPN Topology for ping and traceroute Examples

The following sections describe how to use the ping and traceroute commands to troubleshoot Layer 3 VPN topologies:

• Pinging the CE Router from Another CE Router
• Pinging the Remote PE and CE Routers from the Local CE Router
• Pinging the Directly Connected PE Routers from the CE Routers
• Pinging the Directly Connected CE Routers from the PE Routers
• Pinging the Remote CE Router from the Local PE Router
• Pinging a Layer 3 VPN
• Disabling Normal TTL Decrementing for Layer 3 VPNs

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