If you can do a business case to support replacing routers every 3years you doing much better then most. IMO a router should last 5 yrs on the book, but I expect to get more life then then from it. You core today is tomorrow's edge. I've seen more then one network with 10 yo kit still being used.
-jim On Sat, Oct 2, 2010 at 10:22 PM, Brandon Kim <brandon....@brandontek.com>wrote: > > Well a lot of routers even 3 years ago support IPv6. You can dual-stack > pretty much any router today if you have > the right IOS. But I do understand your concern, if you want to future > proof your purchase, I'd think any modern > router today with a good support contract will take care of you for quite > some time. > Make sure it's not close to EOL. > > What kind of router are you considering? Is this for a large network? What > are the network needs? > > > > > Date: Sat, 2 Oct 2010 17:09:20 -0700 > > From: fra...@genius.com > > To: nanog@nanog.org > > Subject: Re: router lifetime > > > > I'm looking at various scenario, but basically it is looking at IPv6 in > fact. > > > > It seems to me, that using a router/network appliance today for IPv6 will > need to be replaced in 3 years or less. > > > > Looking at past, anything older than 3 years is not a viable solution for > deploying IPv6. > > > > So I feel that routing/network appliance equipment have a life cycle > similar to a PC, despite the fact as someone pointed out, they will run fine > for many many years. > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Heath Jones" <hj1...@gmail.com> > > To: "Franck Martin" <fra...@genius.com> > > Cc: nanog@nanog.org > > Sent: Saturday, 2 October, 2010 4:34:40 PM > > Subject: Re: router lifetime > > > > > How long do you keep a router in production? > > > What is your cycle for replacement of equipment? > > > > Hi Franck > > > > It really depends on the type of network you are running, the rate at > > which new features & bandwidth are required, and the availability of > > software and hardware upgrades. Also, in a lot of cases it is vendor > > driven - devices that are still very much in production are forced to > > be replaced because of vendor product lifecycle and the phasing out of > > support, even when serving their requirements well. > > > > > > Care to elaborate a little more on your planned scenario? > > > > > > Cheers > > Heath > > > >
