In routers there are two terms for ISP's. Edge Routers typically are for your internet-facing edge.
On Tue, Apr 14, 2020 at 7:54 PM TJ Trout <t...@voltbb.com> wrote: > I keep hearing edge, edge to me means the far edge of the network, the > core, well is the core. > > What do you call the edge of the network when you are calling your core > the edge? > > On Tue, Apr 14, 2020 at 6:47 PM Forrest Christian (List Account) < > li...@packetflux.com> wrote: > >> Is there a reference somewhere that describes which options are needed >> for what on the MX204? I've been eyeing one for the edge for several >> months now, and it's getting to the point where we probably need to pull >> the trigger sooner rather than later. >> >> It looks like for a edge device I might only need the base licensing, but >> it's hard to tell for sure. >> >> On Tue, Apr 14, 2020 at 12:30 PM Mark Radabaugh <m...@amplex.net> wrote: >> >>> I would suggest looking seriously at the MX204 platform. New with >>> licensing it’s under 20k (negotiate hard and you can get it closer to >>> 15k). Very powerful without the power, space, and line card expense of >>> the MX80. The only real drawback to them is they are a single routing >>> engine rather than dual. Having said that I can’t recall any time that we >>> have had a routing engine fail on a MX series router. Used to happen all >>> the time on our Cisco 7500’s - but we are talking ancient history there. >>> >>> We run a pair of MX204’s now, though we used a single one for a long >>> time. >>> >>> Mark >>> >>> > On Apr 14, 2020, at 2:14 PM, Gilbert Gutierrez < >>> mailing-li...@phxinternet.com> wrote: >>> > >>> > I am looking to move away from Microtik on my edge. I have two >>> CCR1072-1G-8s+ routers and have had stability problems with random reboots >>> over the last year of using them. I am thinking of the Juniper MX80 >>> platform but do not know anything about their licensing (looking at used >>> ones that I can get for about $5k). I also do not know what other options >>> are out there. >>> > >>> > I am needing 10G ports >>> > Support for OSPF >>> > Support for BGP full routes from multiple carriers >>> > MPLS would be nice >>> > Support VLANs >>> > Support for various MTU sizes >>> > >>> > Thank you, >>> > Gilbert >>> > -- >>> > AF mailing list >>> > AF@af.afmug.com >>> > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >>> >>> >>> -- >>> AF mailing list >>> AF@af.afmug.com >>> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >>> >> >> >> -- >> - Forrest >> -- >> AF mailing list >> AF@af.afmug.com >> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >> > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > -- - Forrest
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