An RB1000 with an external switch will handle more traffic than RB1100.
Rubens On Wed, Sep 8, 2010 at 10:56 PM, Francois Menard <fmen...@xittel.net> wrote: > Even RB1100 ? > > That would be my choice. 399$ for 13 GigE ports... > > F. > > On 2010-09-08, at 8:53 PM, Faisal Imtiaz wrote: > >> Non of the sub $1000 appliances will cut the mustard at 300-500meg of >> traffic... 100meg no problem. >> >> Faisal Imtiaz >> Snappy Internet & Telecom >> >> On 9/8/2010 8:44 PM, Glenn Kelley wrote: >>> vyatta has a $799 routing appliance that will work - >>> pfsense - on hardware will do it for free - (what an amazing price) >>> >>> :-) >>> >>> >>> On Sep 8, 2010, at 7:40 PM, Faisal Imtiaz wrote: >>> >>>> Welcome to the Mid-range of traffic handling... >>>> >>>> There is nothing on the market place that is affordable that will do >>>> what you are looking for. >>>> >>>> Best thing you can do is deploy two devices.. a Gig Switch, pick your >>>> favorite vendor... and a Core Router for BGP >>>> >>>> For Core Router in the Cisco world you are looking at something with a >>>> G1 or G2 engine ... (7206vxr or small 7301) range $5k to 10K on the used >>>> market place. >>>> >>>> In Juniper Land... M10i or an M20 (if you like redundancy...) cost on >>>> the secondary markets about $8 to $10k >>>> >>>> You could use a Mikrotik Power Router.. cost $ 2500 to $5000 >>>> >>>> Only the Cisco 7301 and Mikrotik are small and consume little power... >>>> Everything else is big and consumes power. >>>> >>>> Most common, cost efficient network design would be to use GigE Switches >>>> in a ring or your favorite network topology, with one or two Routers >>>> located at DataCenters or NOC... >>>> >>>> >>>> If you find some other solution, that can do what you are looking for, >>>> please share it with us, cause we have been looking too... what I am >>>> sharing above with you is what we have found so far. >>>> >>>> Regards. >>>> >>>> Faisal Imtiaz >>>> Snappy Internet & Telecom >>>> >>>> >>>> On 9/8/2010 7:16 PM, Jon Auer wrote: >>>>> Needing full BGP routes takes you out of the realm of cheap Layer 3 >>>>> switches... >>>>> You need to worry about TCAM (hardware route memory) in addition to >>>>> RAM on Layer 3 switches and apart from decked out Cisco 6500s or >>>>> greater you aren't going to find that. >>>>> >>>>> The Juniper MX80 should work. It is 2U and can have 48 GigE ports. You >>>>> should be able to get it for $30-50K. >>>>> >>>>> Alternatively you could try a multihop BGP setup like Cogent has been >>>>> known to do. >>>>> Setup one BGP session between the customer and your Layer 3 switch at >>>>> the tower. This carriers a route for your border router/route >>>>> reflector to the customer and vice versa. >>>>> Then setup a BGP session between the customer and your border >>>>> router/route reflector. >>>>> >>>>> Or you could drag MPLS into it but 2 simple BGP sessions seems like >>>>> the most straightforward solution to me. >>>>> >>>>> On Wed, Sep 8, 2010 at 4:31 PM, Matt >>>>> Jenkins<m...@smarterbroadband.net <mailto:m...@smarterbroadband.net>> >>>>> wrote: >>>>>> I am trying to find a Layer 3 switch that has 24 or 48 1000 base-T ports >>>>>> with enough RAM to handle Full BGP Internet Routes. Anyone have any >>>>>> suggestions? >>>>>> >>>>>> For those who wonder why.... 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