# Hub-and-Spoke VPNs

In a hub-and-spoke VPN, the spoke sites in the VPN can communicate only with the hub sites; they cannot communicate with other spoke sites, as shown in Figure 85.

Figure 85: Site Connectivity in a Hub-and-Spoke VPN

Figure 86 shows how to configure the VRF import and export route targets to build a hub-and-spoke VPN. Each spoke VRF has the same export route target, 100:12. The hub VRF has its import route target set to 100:12, so it accepts only routes from the spoke VRFs. Each spoke VRF has the same import route target, 100:11. Every route advertised by any spoke has an attached route target of 100:12. Because that route target does not match the import route target of any spoke, the spokes cannot accept any routes from another spoke. However, the hub VRF has an export route target of 100:11, so routes advertised by the hub do match the import target of each spoke and are accepted by all of the spokes.

Figure 86: Route Target Configuration for a Hub-and-Spoke VPN