Might be worth to consider running a software router on that scale with perhaps some cheap quad-port GbE PCIe NICs. BIRD would be the BGP daemon to go, or FRRouting if you want an integrated shell. Hardware routers for 100 Mbit egress seem a bit overpowered, however, as scaleable you want to go, some Ubiquiti routers might be a cheap option.
As for transit, have you considered a redundant tunnel-based solution instead? You can run that transparently on top of your RCN connection, with negligible costs for your commit and no additional connection fees. On Sep. 3 2019, at 6:17 pm, ADNS NetBSD List Subscriber <nan...@adns.net> wrote: > I have a need for a BGP enabled connection in the River North section of > Chicago. We have a small number of IP blocks that we want to use. Currently, > we have some equipment at 350 E. Cermak (Steadfast Networks) and are looking > at downsizing and bringing stuff > in-house. Our bandwidth requirements are miniscule (10MB/Sec is fine). > > I know RCN offers business cable-modem service but probably not BGP. > > Also, we’d like to ditch our 3640 router in favor of a smaller “desktop” size > router, but none of them seem to do BGP (not surprising). Any recommendations > on hardware would be welcome as well > > >
