I've been very happy with the Juniper J4350/6350 series. Owen
On Mar 8, 2011, at 4:15 PM, Chris Enger wrote: > Greetings, > > I am researching possible replacements for our Internet edge routers, and > wanted to see what people could recommend for a smaller chassis or fixed > router that can handle current IPv4 routes and transition into IPv6. > Currently we have Brocade NetIron 4802s pulling full IPv4 routes plus a > default route. I've looked at Extreme, Brocade, Cisco, and a few others. > Most range from 256k - 500k IPv4 and 4k - 16k IPv6 routes when CAM space is > allocated for both. The only exception I've found so far is the Cisco ASR > 1002, which can do 125k v6 along with 500k v4 routes at once. I'm curious if > any other vendors have comparable products. > > My concern is trying to find a router (within our budget) that has room for > growth in the IPv6 routing space. When compared to the live table sizes that > the CIDR report and routeviews show, some can't handle current routing > tables, let alone years of growth. BGP tweaks may keep us going but I can't > see how 16k or fewer IPv6 routes on a router is going to be viable a few > years from now. > > Thank you, > Chris Enger
