No MPLS though, if that is a requirement.
On 04/08/2015 05:11 PM, Tim Raphael wrote:
VyOS is a community fork of Vyatta and is still being developed very actively
and it pushing ahead with many new features! It's pretty stable too imo.
http://vyos.net/wiki/Main_Page
Regards,
Tim Raphael
On 9 Apr 2015, at 8:14 am, Faisal Imtiaz <fai...@snappytelecom.net> wrote:
Mikrotik for OS, and Hardware choice would be to use an X86 appliance (Lanner
Electronics, Axiomtek etc)
You should be able to get a cost effective box that will meet your performance
requirements.
As to feature set, while most of them are their you should do some testing to
see if feature set meets your requirements.
Most folks often forget that Mikrotik is OS and they also make Hardware (a
variety of sizes for a variety of needs), and the OS can be deployed on
standard or custom hardware server or appliances.
You can always go the 'Custom' Linux Route, using x86 boxes with your own
distro, too bad that Vyatta OS took a different route under Brocade..
Faisal Imtiaz
Snappy Internet & Telecom
----- Original Message -----
From: "Daniel Rohan" <dro...@gmail.com>
To: "NANOG" <nanog@nanog.org>
Sent: Wednesday, April 8, 2015 6:46:40 PM
Subject: Multi-gigabit edge devices as CPE
I work at a state REN and we are seeking a lead for a new edge device for
on prem deployment at customer sites.
We currently deploy two classes of routers-- a high end and a low end. Both
the high end and the low end use some of the standard edge features:
MPLS-TE, MBGP, flowspec, vrf, PIM, etc. We deliver full tables over these
devices to the customers that need them.
We recently finished a new ethernet procurement and have a large number of
sites (~200) moving from <1Gbps in bandwidth to 1-10Gb in bandwidth. Our
currently deployed low-end router can't handle these speeds and we can't
afford to place our high end router at 200+ sites.
So, we're looking for a middle tier router to deploy. Something with 2+
SFP+ ports, software that can handle the aforementioned features, and
something with an API that we can leverage for programmatic management.
So far we've not found anything that checks all the boxes. Layer 3 switches
seem like obvious choices, but lack some of the features and RIB/FIB we
need at the edge. Other devices like the Juniper MX5/10 certainly meet the
requirements, but are priced way beyond what we can afford.
Any suggestions for devices we might have overlooked? Preferably in the
less than 10K per unit price point. If such a magical device exists.
-Dan
