A method , comprising: providing , by a first provider edge -PE- device, a route advertisement, the first PE device being part of an Ethernet virtual private network -EVPN-, and being multihomed to by a first customer edge -CE- device, a first attachment circuit being established between the first PE device and the first CE device, the route advertisement including a media access control -MAC- address of the port of the first PE device that forms the first attachment circuit with the first CE device, wherein the MAC address is utilized as a connectivity fault management -CFM- MAC address for a maintenance endpoint -MEP-configured on the first attachment circuit.; receiving , by a second PE device, the route advertisement, the second PE device being part of the EVPN, and being communicatively coupled to a second CE device, a second attachment circuit being established between the second PE device and the second CE device, the second PE device being configured to monitor connectivity between the second attachment circuit and the first attachment circuit; and causing, by the second PE device, traffic relating to monitoring the connectivity, to be directed to the first PE device and/or to the first attachment circuit using the MAC address provided in the route advertisement, the traffic not being provided to any other PE device, on the EVPN, that is multihomed to by the first CE device. providing , by a first provider edge -PE- device, a route advertisement, the first PE device being part of an Ethernet virtual private network -EVPN-, and being multihomed to by a first customer edge -CE- device, a first attachment circuit being established between the first PE device and the first CE device, the route advertisement including a media access control -MAC- address of the port of the first PE device that forms the first attachment circuit with the first CE device, wherein the MAC address is utilized as a connectivity fault management -CFM- MAC address for a maintenance endpoint -MEP-configured on the first attachment circuit.; the first PE device being part of an Ethernet virtual private network -EVPN-, and being multihomed to by a first customer edge -CE- device, a first attachment circuit being established between the first PE device and the first CE device, the route advertisement including a media access control -MAC- address of the port of the first PE device that forms the first attachment circuit with the first CE device, wherein the MAC address is utilized as a connectivity fault management -CFM- MAC address for a maintenance endpoint -MEP-configured on the first attachment circuit.; receiving , by a second PE device, the route advertisement, the second PE device being part of the EVPN, and being communicatively coupled to a second CE device, a second attachment circuit being established between the second PE device and the second CE device, the second PE device being configured to monitor connectivity between the second attachment circuit and the first attachment circuit; and the second PE device being part of the EVPN, and being communicatively coupled to a second CE device, a second attachment circuit being established between the second PE device and the second CE device, the second PE device being configured to monitor connectivity between the second attachment circuit and the first attachment circuit; and causing, by the second PE device, traffic relating to monitoring the connectivity, to be directed to the first PE device and/or to the first attachment circuit using the MAC address provided in the route advertisement, the traffic not being provided to any other PE device, on the EVPN, that is multihomed to by the first CE device. <EOS>