I am not certain on the value of having 1GbE interfaces natively on a $25k plus router in the year 2019. Pair the router with a nice 1RU 1/10GbE switch installed directly next to it with full metro Ethernet layer 2 feature set.
Anything that needs a 1GbE inteface, attach it to that switch, give the switch a single 10GbE port to the router, and create the 1Gbps on the router as a subinterface. We have reached the point in 10GbE being so low cost that it should really be the minimum port size for a lot of things. I recently bought an Intel chipset two port SFP+ daughtercard for a Dell server (part c63dv for an old r720) on eBay for $40. On Wed, Aug 7, 2019, 8:04 PM Mehmet Akcin <meh...@akcin.net> wrote: > Greetings, > > I am looking for some suggestions on alternatives to mx204. > > Any recommendations on something more affordable which can handle full > routing tables from two providers? > > Prefer Juniper but happy to look alternatives. > Min 6-8 10G ports are required > 1G support required > > Thanks in advance! > > Mehmet > -- > Mehmet > +1-424-298-1903 >
