Re: [j-nsp] Juniper MX5 Advice

2013-11-27 Thread Xu Hu
one suggestion is that, you can configure the vrrp between two mx5, based on the vrrp vip address to advertise the default route to the rest of the internal network. i.e. if mx5-1 is active, default route will advertise from router one only if vip is in mx5-1 routing table, if switchover to mx5-2,

Re: [j-nsp] Juniper MX5 Advice

2013-11-26 Thread Mark Tinka
On Monday, November 25, 2013 11:21:21 PM Jason Warren wrote: > I am looking for some advise. I am looking at picking up > two Juniper MX5's to replace a Cisco 7206 Router that is > acting as a BGP router. I am wanting to run the > Juniper's in as much of a HA or failover as can be. I > have two BG

Re: [j-nsp] Juniper MX5 Advice

2013-11-25 Thread Luca Salvatore
I run this exact config with two MX5 routers… they are solid. On Tue, Nov 26, 2013 at 8:21 AM, Jason Warren wrote: > I am looking for some advise. I am looking at picking up two Juniper MX5's > to replace a Cisco 7206 Router that is acting as a BGP router. I am wanting > to run the Juniper's in

Re: [j-nsp] Juniper MX5 Advice

2013-11-25 Thread Aaron Dewell
That's a pretty normal configuration so I wouldn't expect any issues. Load balancing over both connections is another story entirely and doesn't matter the exact platform. You can find a large volume of books/websites/opinions on BGP load balancing out there. It's not exactly a trivial subje

Re: [j-nsp] Juniper MX5 Advice

2013-11-25 Thread Dave Curado
Hi Jason, If having everything in your network going to one MX5 feels less than ideal, than you could do 2 VRRP instances, with each MX5 being the priority router for one of the VRRP instances. Then have half of your network default to the virtual-address of one VRRP instance, and the other

[j-nsp] Juniper MX5 Advice

2013-11-25 Thread Jason Warren
I am looking for some advise. I am looking at picking up two Juniper MX5's to replace a Cisco 7206 Router that is acting as a BGP router. I am wanting to run the Juniper's in as much of a HA or failover as can be. I have two BGP connections to the outside world. My thought process so far is to t