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    Cheap router for small hosting operation

    Hello.

    Does anyone know a cheap router that would be suitable for say 10 - 20 servers (connected via 100mbit).
    Its really so the router would show up on the traceroute.

    These boxes would only have a max of 100GB/month bandwidth each.

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    Do you really need a router? I think a switch would be good. Are you doing anything layer3? (I'm going to assume no.)
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    get a freebsd+zebra box....

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    There is no need. He just wanted a hop that shows their name, a Layer 3 switch should do.

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    Originally posted by Mfjp
    There is no need. He just wanted a hop that shows their name, a Layer 3 switch should do.
    yea.. he wouldnt even need zebra then to just have router show up in traceroute. still an x86 box would be cheaper for him in most cases..

    hey, whichever floats his boat
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    If you want a low cost solution, setting up a NetBSD or FreeBSD box can more than do the job. Plus an x86 can give you more flexibility is most cirsumstances.
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    Yes, i just want to show up on a hop.
    I would prefer to get a router instead of using a box.

    Could anyone recommend a cheap/good Layer 3 switch?
    Cheap/Good dont normally go next to each other

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    The datacentre would handle everything really, i just get thrown a connection.
    I just wanted to show up on a hop.

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    Originally posted by ThomasC
    Yes, i just want to show up on a hop.
    I would prefer to get a router instead of using a box.

    Could anyone recommend a cheap/good Layer 3 switch?
    Cheap/Good dont normally go next to each other

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    Yes, they are mutually exclusive.

    Cisco Cat3550-24 EMI should be a good shot.

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    Cisco Cat3550-24
    Expensive hop

    I had a quick look and got prices of over £1200.
    Anyone know whats the going price for these or can recommend another.

    Thank you haesu, I will keep a note of that.

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    Originally posted by ThomasC

    Expensive hop
    LOL expensive hop indeed! Dude... seriously x86 box will not cause you problems unless you pick crappy hardware. How much traffic are you pushing? You just want an extra hop...

    Trust me, you are not going to find any cheap layer3 switches.

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    Um..if he's looking for something cheap, we've gone of this, Cisco 2948G-L3. That's a SOLID layer3 switch, for around $2k. The best you can get dollar for dollar, ignore that 3550 nonsense. you don't need that, i don't understand why he'd suggest it.
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    Originally posted by snickn
    Um..if he's looking for something cheap, we've gone of this, Cisco 2948G-L3. That's a SOLID layer3 switch, for around $2k. The best you can get dollar for dollar, ignore that 3550 nonsense. you don't need that, i don't understand why he'd suggest it.

    2948G-L3 = 2K like you said
    3550 off ebay = around 2K

    What gives?
    It's not within his budget regardless.

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    Each box will have a max of 100GB.
    There would be a max of say 20 boxes.

    And i doubt most of them would even use that.
    Plus some of the boxes will have less. (30GB,70GB)
    So not a great deal of traffic!

    They will be connected via a 100mbit line.

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    You could get a Dell switch or something....how many ports were you wanting?
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    Not much traffic? like i said.. x86 box is cheap. It doesn't fail that easily as you think..

    L3 switches are around 2k or more minimum. If you can afford that, then go ahead, that's good investment.

    If not... well... like i said.. x86 boxes perform well for usual low/non-backbone traffic and they are cheap.

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    24 ports perfered, I could live with 12.
    Would the dell switch create a hop?
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    Hi..

    Go with either a Cisco 1924 (24 port 10BaseT, probably pick it up for $200-300) or a 2924 xl (10/100, probably pick it up for $400)

    The 2924 xl enterprise edition sounds ilke it'd do great for your needs. $400 isn't bad price either. Yes, it'll create a hop
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    Originally posted by snickn
    Hi..

    Go with either a Cisco 1924 (24 port 10BaseT, probably pick it up for $200-300) or a 2924 xl (10/100, probably pick it up for $400)

    The 2924 xl enterprise edition sounds ilke it'd do great for your needs. $400 isn't bad price either. Yes, it'll create a hop
    That won't accomplish his needs.
    1924 and 2924 are layer2 managed switches. They do not route.

    Like I said, he won't find any L3 switches for less than around 2K.

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    Argh, good point, I knew the 1924 was layer2, i was thinking the 2924 is layer3.

    However..you are incorrect sir, he can definately pick up a good riverstoned.

    Look for the rs-2000 on ebay, $500 or so, and it's layer3.
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    Originally posted by snickn
    Argh, good point, I knew the 1924 was layer2, i was thinking the 2924 is layer3.

    However..you are incorrect sir, he can definately pick up a good riverstoned.

    Look for the rs-2000 on ebay, $500 or so, and it's layer3.
    Yea.. He can use riverstone, I concur.

    EDIT: Riverstoned hahahahaha nice one!

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    Use a linux or bsd box

    run a caching dns server on it for all your boxes to share
    do some accounting, or traffic shaping

    fun fun!
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    Lucent (avaya) can be found fairly cheaply.

    For example, a P550 is MUCH more capacity than you require. We've pushed 200Mbps through one before we started seeing it have a hard time with its ACL's. You can pick them up for $300 and up, depending on the modules installed. Check out ebay.

    Also, we've had problems getting riverstone to light with a cisco 6509 upstream. I've heard of other riverstone/cisco problems too. But, otherwise they have a nice product with an impressive feature list. The only thing about riverstone is getting software support and updates if you buy a used backplane and management. Its almost worth buying the chassis new, and ebaying the modules.

    but for a budget solution, a P550 is overkill at a steal price.

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    Originally posted by rsanders
    Lucent (avaya) can be found fairly cheaply.

    For example, a P550 is MUCH more capacity than you require. We've pushed 200Mbps through one before we started seeing it have a hard time with its ACL's. You can pick them up for $300 and up, depending on the modules installed. Check out ebay.

    Also, we've had problems getting riverstone to light with a cisco 6509 upstream. I've heard of other riverstone/cisco problems too. But, otherwise they have a nice product with an impressive feature list. The only thing about riverstone is getting software support and updates if you buy a used backplane and management. Its almost worth buying the chassis new, and ebaying the modules.

    but for a budget solution, a P550 is overkill at a steal price.
    Hmmm... The 550 seems more like a switch than a router.

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    Its a routing switch, and what do you want for a few hundred bucks?

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