On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 9:24 PM, Peter E. Fry <pfry-li...@redsword.com> wrote: >> On Thu, 11 Dec 2008, Ben Steele wrote: > >> I am leaning heavily towards used Juniper... I might also >> add that I absolutely hate QoS stuff in IOS. Most of it >> I simply cannot wrap my head around and then if I can I >> more often than not find that it's not supported on >> whatever interface I'm needing it on. > > Junipers are a bit exciting that way, too. > [...] > I wouldn't try to mangle your plan to > fit a J series until you look closely at QoS on that > chassis, if QoS is a concern.
Seconded. I have a number of J4350s, and except for the QoS they're very likable beasts, my favorite workhorse at the moment. I *have* wrapped my head around Cisco QoS and Linux QoS, which I grok quite nicely thank you, but I have found the Juniper version quite unpalatable. I wanted very much to do DSCP remarking based on criteria both I and IOS found quite straightforward, but it was apparently a bit complicated for the J-series. I did get the impression that it would have been much easier with more ISP/Enterprisey series than the J-Series. Other than that, if you have a limited budget . . . FWIW I run J4350s as ethernet-only eBGP transits, and NPE-G1s facing customers with all the fancy interfaces I've investing in over the years. Plug them all into nice QoS-enabled gigabit switches (if you're interested you can search for past mails by me about my network structure), and you've got a nice redundant MPLS-enabled network for relatively low cost. HTH. _______________________________________________ juniper-nsp mailing list juniper-nsp@puck.nether.net https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/juniper-nsp