/offtopic There's been some pretty compelling arguments made for awhile now against "needing" huge bgp tables, especially when there's only around 300 destinations used on a daily basis.
On Dec 31, 2016 8:00 AM, "Paul Stewart" <p...@paulstewart.org> wrote: > Sure . that’s absolutely true… > > The original poster didn’t really give us much to work from … with or > without support contracts, with or without legal licensing on the router … > > New, grey market etc… lots of choices. I’m not suggesting any of them are > wrong - more that different folks have different business needs > > MX80 in particular is not an overly powerful router especially if you > start to load down the features listed - example being full BGP tables that > can become a challenge due to memory/CPU > > On Dec 31, 2016, at 7:52 AM, Gino Villarini <g...@aeronetpr.com> wrote: > > Juniper mx80 , can be found on eBay for about $10-15k > > Gino A. Villarini > @gvillarini > > > > > > *Gino Villarini* > President > Metro Office Park #18 Suite 304 Guaynabo, Puerto Rico 00968 > > <aeronet-logo_310cfc3e-6691-4f69-bd49-b37b834b9238.png> > > On Dec 31, 2016, at 7:34 AM, Paul Stewart <p...@paulstewart.org> wrote: > > > > Sure - there are lots of options ….. > > > > Juniper MX line is personal favourite and one that we use for all of > those functions (except CGNAT as we don’t do it currently, but the box can > do it for sure). > > > > “reasonably priced core router” means a lot of different things though > :) For some folks this means a budget of $10k and for others it means $1mil > > > > Also, the licensing of features on certain vendors is something to be > aware of … for example, I just ordered another router for LNS purposes - > after discounts etc the router itself “only” cost about $50k but then I > need line cards and several different licenses. Linecards add $250k and > licenses another $60k or so … now that “router” is coming in at about $360k > and that’s with pretty significant discounts > > > > > > > >> On Dec 31, 2016, at 12:12 AM, Dev <d...@logicalwebhost.com> wrote: > >> > >> I’m looking for reasonably priced core router that will do Carrier > Grade NAT, MPLS, OSPF and BGP. I know Mikrotik will handle dancing > unicorns, fairy dust and perpetual motion all for $100, but is there > anything like a Juniper, Cisco, etc. that’s a more traditional thing people > trust for core routing that has these features? > > > > >
