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VRF-lite

VRF-lite

- Let's say that we're a service provider and we need to maintain separate routing tables for each of our clients. Does that mean that we need to get a physical router and dedicate it to each client just to keep their routing information isolated from one another? Well, not necessarily. Instead, we might use a technology called virtual routing and forwarding, or VRF for short. And in this section, we're going to discuss a specific type of VRF called VRF-lite. First, we'll talk about the theory, and then, we'll see how it's configured.

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