VyOS on SuperMicro and Lanner baremetal works pretty damn good. Been running VyOS on SuperMicro for my BGP routers for about 6 years now. No problems yet.
-Mike > On Feb 9, 2026, at 10:03, Mike Hammett via NANOG <[email protected]> > wrote: > > It wouldn't surprise me at all to hear you know people that put OpenBGPd > onto an Arista. ;-) > > > > ----- > Mike Hammett > Intelligent Computing Solutions > http://www.ics-il.com > > Midwest-IX > http://www.midwest-ix.com > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Tom Smyth via NANOG" <[email protected]> > To: "North American Network Operators Group" <[email protected]> > Cc: "Tom Smyth" <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, February 9, 2026 12:00:36 PM > Subject: Re: Router Recommendations > > Hi Mike, > how is it going ? > we are using arista and are pretty happy with them and some folks I know > are using portable OpenBGPd on them and reported good satisfaction... > > > > >> On Mon, 9 Feb 2026 at 17:47, Michel Blais via NANOG <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> We've been using Edgecore and UfiSpace with OcNOS for several years and are >> pretty happy with those. It's not only the selling price that is affordable >> but also support licences that are cheap enough to not even mind renewing >> those. >> >> If you are not already aware of, you can look at the OcNOS features matrix >> that lets you know which feature is supported by models. >> >> If I may, for a eBGP use case, make sure the device you chose has a TCAM >> because cheaper models with the most attractive selling price often have a >> very limited number of routes, which is fine for IGP in a small network, >> but far to be able to handle eBGP full routing tables. >> --- >> Michel Blais >> Targo Communications >> >> >> Le lun. 9 févr. 2026, à 12 h 10, Mike Hammett via NANOG < >> [email protected]> a écrit : >> >>> I'm looking for new BGP routers. I'm currently running Mikrotik, which >> has >>> served me well so far, but looking at interface speed, count, FIB size, >>> etc. and they just aren't going to cut it. >>> >>> I'm looking for: >>> • Has at least 6x 100G ports >>> • Has a smattering of 10G/25G ports >>> • Has meaningful packet buffers >>> • Routes in hardware at least 2m routes combined of IPv4 and IPv6, more >> is >>> better >>> • Has reasonably low power usage, I don't need 1 kw going to a router >>> • Is cost-effective >>> • Used is fine >>> >>> >>> I like how the MX301 looks, but it's way more than I'd want to spend, >>> primarily because there really isn't a used market for them yet. >>> Arista and Cisco NCS are close, but to check all of the boxes, you're up >>> to about $15k - $20k. To get to $5k or less, you're compromising on at >>> least two of the things I'm looking for. >>> EdgeCore and UfiSpace may have some models that are in the $5k - $8k >>> range, once you purchase OcNOS. >>> >>> >>> I'd have no problem with the EdgeCore and UfiSpace direction, but I >> wanted >>> to make sure I wasn't leaving anything out of consideration. >>> >>> >>> >>> ----- >>> Mike Hammett >>> Intelligent Computing Solutions >>> http://www.ics-il.com >>> >>> Midwest-IX >>> http://www.midwest-ix.com >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> NANOG mailing list >>> >>> >> https://lists.nanog.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/ANH4UUU6K3CMCSWSBHAALWTYLHK32OGG/ >> _______________________________________________ >> NANOG mailing list >> >> https://lists.nanog.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/7MEYBWHTY3Y2ERCWZONT345SNS3VC2UB/ > > > > -- > Kindest regards, > Tom Smyth. > _______________________________________________ > NANOG mailing list > https://lists.nanog.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/XFOZUZTPX6RAQO7GOBGFYFMIKEVO5UQP/ > > _______________________________________________ > NANOG mailing list > https://lists.nanog.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/5UXRU7PGJMHNCBXWYMEODNEVWZKLD2V4/ _______________________________________________ NANOG mailing list https://lists.nanog.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/WRBH5WH6RQ4VQSKN3OWGCQOHXK4MCI6I/
