On Apr 10, 2012, at 5:58 AM, Julien Goodwin wrote: > On 10/04/12 14:31, Steven King wrote: >> I am tasked with replacing an old linux router setup with Juniper gear >> in the near future. Though I am a Cisco guy myself. >> >> Does anyone know of any older cheap Juniper gear I might find on Ebay so >> that I may build a home lab without going broke? > > A slightly more useful way of answering this then just pointing to eBay > is to give some candidates. > > Routing/switching *config*, firewalling - Branch SRX / J > > The lower end SRX, and J series devices are nice as they take nearly all > the config (except MX-type bridging, and some EX bits), including MPLS. >
But not so nice in that they run Services JunOS instead of real JunOS meaning that they behave like Netscreens with a JunOS style configuration file instead of behaving like Junipers. If you're wanting to model Services JunOS, then, yes, the SRX-100 is a good candidate and dirt cheap. If you want real JunOS, avoid SRX or J series at all costs. > Juniper do have a bunch more lines, but those are the most common > (there's also the E/ERX BRAS boxes and ScreenOS firewalls, but both are > not long for this world). > Don't forget their SSL VPN boxes which are an acquired doesn't behave at all like a Juniper device line of products. > If you just want one box to get to know the OS an SRX2X0 (or possibly a > 100) is by far the most flexible way, and can be had for < $500 used). With the caveat about Services JunOS above. Owen
