Looking at two 100Mbit/s BGP connections, so I think I want something that will do more than 100 but nowhere close to a gig. So full routing table capability with throughput of mixed traffic around 200Mbit/s. If that makes sense. Do the 2850s fall into that sort of price point?
Adel On Mon 11:13 AM , Joe Abley <jab...@hopcount.ca> wrote: > On 2009-11-09, at 19:53, a...@baklawasecrets.com wrote: > > > You will laugh, but the budget at the moment looks like £13k. > > Impossible? Do only linux and openbsd solutions remain in the mix > > for this pittance? > > I don't see an indication of the traffic you need to push (maybe I > deleted a message too enthusiastically) but check the 2800 series from > cisco. The 2850 will take full tables and has gigabit interfaces, but > don't expect them to do wire speed. Other 2800s suffer from reduced > RAM, but perhaps you don't need full tables. > > Also look at Juniper J-series boxes, and maybe Force10 S-series boxes. > > There's a healthy market in used cisco gear in most places I have ever > visited, if you don't need new. > > Joe > > >
