[c-nsp] cisco BRAS operational questions

2012-01-19 Thread Mike
Hello, I am considering going to a cisco 7201 for PPPoE subscriber termination, and I am trying to figure out how I would duplicate some features of my current (linux based) pppoe solution. I use radius and am certain %85 of what I do is stock-and-trade for the cisco solution, the devil is i

Re: [c-nsp] cisco BRAS operational questions

2012-01-19 Thread Patrick Cole
Thu, Jan 19, 2012 at 12:23:53PM -0800, Mike wrote: > Hello, > > I am considering going to a cisco 7201 for PPPoE subscriber > termination, and I am trying to figure out how I would duplicate some > features of my current (linux based) pppoe solution. I use radius and am > certain %85 of

Re: [c-nsp] cisco BRAS operational questions

2012-01-19 Thread Jon Simola
On Thu, Jan 19, 2012 at 2:54 PM, Patrick Cole wrote: >>       For troubleshooting purposes, we find it helpful to be able to use >> tcpdump to capture packets. We do it by mac address and sometimes by >> customer PPP interface. Aside from having a span port on the switch, is >> there any way we c

Re: [c-nsp] cisco BRAS operational questions

2012-01-20 Thread Thiago Lizardo de Moraes
I think that should you consider different platforms... SmartEdge or MX... those are more stable for that purpose, [ ]'s, Thiago Lizardo de Moraes 2012/1/19 Mike > Hello, > >I am considering going to a cisco 7201 for PPPoE subscriber > termination, and I am trying to figure out how I wo

Re: [c-nsp] cisco BRAS operational questions

2012-01-20 Thread Chuck Church
t] On Behalf Of Jon Simola Sent: Thursday, January 19, 2012 7:31 PM To: Cisco-nsp Subject: Re: [c-nsp] cisco BRAS operational questions On Thu, Jan 19, 2012 at 2:54 PM, Patrick Cole wrote: >>       For troubleshooting purposes, we find it helpful to be able to >> use tcpdump to capture pac