Thanks everybody for the feedback. I'll likely be getting a few quotes for MX series boxes I think, we're in the happy position of having a completely e-net infrastructure so we're not limited by interface options.
Thanks again for recommendation, good to know other people are using them successfully. Cheers Gary > MX uses the I-Chip same as on M120/320 series. MX would be perfect for > any > location in the network P/PE if you are talking about E-Net services vs. > TDM. They would be a perfect peering box if you are using E-Net. > > > On 11/16/09 10:14 AM, "Gary Mackenzie" <net-...@monolith-networks.net> > wrote: > >>> On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 09:04, Dale W. Carder <dwcar...@wisc.edu> >>> wrote: >>>> >>>> On Nov 16, 2009, at 9:54 AM, Gary Mackenzie wrote: >>>> >>>>> Having slightly lost track of what everybody is using for peering >>>>> routers >>>>> these days, what is the consensus about the best alternative to >>>>> Juniper >>>>> M >>>>> series routers? >>>> >>>> have you looked at the MX series? >>> >>> +1 >>> ~Chris >>> >>>> >>>> Dale >>>> >> >> I had looked briefly, does anybody here actually use them as peering >> routers? I've seen a few implementations using them in the MPLS P and PE >> router roles but never as border routers. >> >> If there is some precedent for using them in this role that's good to >> hear >> and I'll take another look, I was loath to move away from Juniper as our >> current boxes are been the model of reliability. >> >> Cheers >> >> Gary >> >> > > > *************************************************************************************** > The information contained in this message, including attachments, may > contain > privileged or confidential information that is intended to be delivered > only to the > person identified above. If you are not the intended recipient, or the > person > responsible for delivering this message to the intended recipient, > Windstream requests > that you immediately notify the sender and asks that you do not read the > message or its > attachments, and that you delete them without copying or sending them to > anyone else. >
