Recommend: Router w/ BGP enabled

Fremont Servers · #1 09-24-2003, 05:35 PM

Hello,

Which router (brand, model) do you recommend that has bgp enabled?

Mfjp · #2 09-24-2003, 06:36 PM

Juniper M20/M40

You also need to hire someone that knows how to do BGP. You'll be looking at 200-300/hr for network consultancy.

LeaseWeb · #3 09-24-2003, 06:45 PM

Cisco 7206VXR (or GSR series if you've got the cash)

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Fremont Servers · #4 09-24-2003, 07:10 PM

I'm not worrying about the person, just the router.

The router can go up to 10,000 for the gsr 12008.

Mfjp · #5 09-24-2003, 07:56 PM

Go Juniper, a M20 setup you should be able to do for 15-20K.

If you don't have the right person doing it, there is no point in doing the setup.

snickn · #6 09-24-2003, 08:00 PM

Junipers are much more expensive however, mostly because of supply and demand, it is HARD to find a juniper for sale. 7206vxr's can be bought at the local kmart now days. However, if you had a Juniper and a Cisco I'd definately go with Juniper, but I doubt you will find a decently priced Juniper, so more realistically you should look at a 7206.

Mfjp · #7 09-24-2003, 08:03 PM

It also depends on how much bw u're doing and if you need filtering and such.

Netivex · #8 09-24-2003, 08:23 PM

I'd have to agree... The Juniper M20 would be the best way to go...

porcupine · #9 09-24-2003, 09:10 PM

Looking relative to cost, the 7206VXR's still aren't that cheap, considering what you really get out of it. If you're looking for "cheap", you might look at the Cisco 7507 series, with RSP4+ (RSP2 won't accomodate the amount of memory you'll need to hold a full BGP route-table). This also affords a little more redundancy then the 7206's as you can support dual RSP's in them, and they're about 1/3 of the price last I checked.

Fremont Servers · #10 09-25-2003, 02:51 PM

RIght now I am looking into cisco switches that have bgp, much less expensive.

Let's see if it can do what I want.

snickn · #11 09-25-2003, 02:54 PM

A cisco 6509 w/ the SUP1A-MSFC2 should do fine for you, depending on how much traffic you want to push

Make sure you get two SUP1A-MSFC2, and make sure you get MSFC2 and not MSFC, and definately not just SUP1A.

That setup right there, would run you $17-19k probably if you are lucky

That's a 6509, 2 SUP1A-MSFC2, 3 6248 Cards (48 port RJ45/Cat5), and redundant power supplies.

Mfjp · #12 09-25-2003, 04:24 PM

6509 are too expensive for what he need to do, if you're going to spend $17 to $19K, go for the Juniper M5. You can get a fully loaded one around that price too. I think the Juniper would be faster than the 6509 at the job. You paid more per port with the Juniper though .

**JTY** · #13 09-25-2003, 04:57 PM

Depending on your needs. A Foundry FastIron series switch may work.

haesu · #14 09-25-2003, 05:07 PM

Anything that speaks BGP will do.

Even x86 box running bsd and zebra will do.

The fact is, what are your traffic requirements, and are you taking full routes, partial routes or default? And how many peers are you having?

Juniper routers are highly recommended if you are thinking of pushing _lot_ of traffic and be able to do a lot of filtering.

Realistically, if you are just thinking of DS3 or so bandwidth, I'd get a Cisco 7206VXR with NPE-G1. NPE-G1 comes with 256MB of ram by default which can hold four copies of full routes w/o hassle, and can be upgraded to 1GB RAM. Furthermore, NPE-G1 comes with 3 gigE interfaces connected directly to ASIC so you don't have to go thru pci interface I/O card posseses.

NPE-G1 can do about 60Kpps no problem which is fine for most ISP applications, and it also has pxf acceleration builtin for cpu-prone processes such as acl, etc, etc..

-hc