A route processing method, wherein the method is applied to a Virtual Extensible Local Area Network, VXLAN, having an Ethernet Virtual Private Network, EVPN, control plane, the VXLAN comprises a first network virtualization edge, NVE, device and a second NVE device, and the method comprises: receiving, by the first NVE device, a second inclusive multicast Ethernet tag, IMET, route from the second NVE device, wherein an originating router's IP address field in the second IMET route comprises a common virtual extensible local area network tunnel endpoint, VTEP, address, the second IMET route further comprises a second VTEP address, and the common VTEP address comprised in the originating router's IP address field in the second IMET route is different from the second VTEP address, the common VTEP address comprised in the originating router's IP address field in the second IMET route indicates a common VTEP included in the second NVE device, the second VTEP address indicates a second VTEP included in the second NVE device; determining, by the first NVE device, whether the common VTEP address comprised in the originating router's IP address field in the second IMET route is the same as a common VTEP address stored in the first NVE device, wherein the first NVE device and the second NVE device are a pair of Border Gateway Protocol peers, BGP peers, for exchanging IMET routes, the common VTEP address stored in the first NVE device indicates a common VTEP included in the first NVE device; and when the first NVE device determines that the common VTEP address comprised in the originating router's IP address field in the second IMET route is the same as the common VTEP address stored in the first NVE device, establishing, by the first NVE device, a VXLAN tunnel from the first NVE device to the second NVE device based on the second VTEP address in the second IMET route. receiving, by the first NVE device, a second inclusive multicast Ethernet tag, IMET, route from the second NVE device, wherein an originating router's IP address field in the second IMET route comprises a common virtual extensible local area network tunnel endpoint, VTEP, address, the second IMET route further comprises a second VTEP address, and the common VTEP address comprised in the originating router's IP address field in the second IMET route is different from the second VTEP address, the common VTEP address comprised in the originating router's IP address field in the second IMET route indicates a common VTEP included in the second NVE device, the second VTEP address indicates a second VTEP included in the second NVE device; determining, by the first NVE device, whether the common VTEP address comprised in the originating router's IP address field in the second IMET route is the same as a common VTEP address stored in the first NVE device, wherein the first NVE device and the second NVE device are a pair of Border Gateway Protocol peers, BGP peers, for exchanging IMET routes, the common VTEP address stored in the first NVE device indicates a common VTEP included in the first NVE device; and when the first NVE device determines that the common VTEP address comprised in the originating router's IP address field in the second IMET route is the same as the common VTEP address stored in the first NVE device, establishing, by the first NVE device, a VXLAN tunnel from the first NVE device to the second NVE device based on the second VTEP address in the second IMET route.