Re: [c-nsp] RSP4 as route server? - seeking suggestions and opinions

2008-12-20 Thread Cory Ayers
>I've only been recently tasked with looking into possible (re)uses for this >box so I'm not sure how it managed to handle 2 sets of full routes either. 256M RAM will barely handle one BGP feed filtered to /23 (140k routes) >The first thing that came to mind when tasked with this was actually >Qu

[c-nsp] hsrp with static and dynamic nat for the same outside ip addr and nat timeouts

2008-12-20 Thread Daniel Staněk
Hi friends, is it ok to have HSRP NAT configuration like this? ip nat Stateful id 1 redundancy dmz mapping-id 1 interface Vlan2 protocol udp ip nat pool outside-dynamic a.a.a.a a.a.a.a netmask 255.255.255.248 ip nat inside source route-map nat-fast00 pool outside-d

Re: [c-nsp] RSP4 as route server? - seeking suggestions and opinions

2008-12-20 Thread Engelhard Labiro
Just FYI , recently our 7206VXR (w NPE225) 256MB could not handle 2 BGP full routes (total around 40k routes) from provider. The router generated not enough memories and disabled its CEF. On Sat, Dec 20, 2008 at 11:30 PM, Ang Kah Yik wrote: > Hi all, > > Would an RSP4 (256MB RAM) from a 7505 be a

Re: [c-nsp] RSP4 as route server? - seeking suggestions and opinions

2008-12-20 Thread Ang Kah Yik
Hi, I've only been recently tasked with looking into possible (re)uses for this box so I'm not sure how it managed to handle 2 sets of full routes either. The first thing that came to mind when tasked with this was actually Quagga/OpenBGPD. There appears to be a discussion on Linux Gigabit router

Re: [c-nsp] RSP4 as route server? - seeking suggestions and opinions

2008-12-20 Thread David Coulson
I'm surprised it worked mid 2007 - I've certainly had no success loading full tables into 256Mb in the last two years without aggressive filtering. So, my answer would be 'no'. I'd be tempted to use a Linux or BSD box if you just want a basic route server. Ang Kah Yik wrote: Hi all, Would a

[c-nsp] RSP4 as route server? - seeking suggestions and opinions

2008-12-20 Thread Ang Kah Yik
Hi all, Would an RSP4 (256MB RAM) from a 7505 be any good as a pure route server (no forwarding) for 2 or more full IPv4 BGP tables? Prior to decommissioning in mid '07, it acted as a border router handling 2 upstreams but I would like to know if it can cope with routing table growth for at least