automated site to site vpn recommendations

2016-06-27 Thread c b
Situation: We have salespeople/engineers holding temporary seminars/training/demonstrations in hotel meeting rooms. Requirements: field people need a very plug-n-play, simple, reliable vpn back to corporate offices to present videos/slides/demonstrations. The materials are not accessible via th

RE: automated site to site vpn recommendations

2016-06-29 Thread c b
imes per year in similar use cases, > > > sometimes with 150 users on the LAN. If your routing is simple, you can > > > define your security policies, and don't need crazy throughput on your > > VPN, > > > Meraki is the way to go. Be careful though: they hav

Need recommendation on an affordable internet edge router

2017-05-04 Thread c b
We have a number of internet edge routers across several data centers approaching EOL/EOS, and are budgeting for replacements. Like most enterprises, we have been Cisco-centric in our routing/switching platforms. The ASR1Ks are too small for our needs and the ASR9Ks are prohibitively expensive a

Re: Need recommendation on an affordable internet edge router

2017-05-04 Thread c b
al to replace 12 or so throughout FY17, maybe into FY18. Lots of responses very quickly, thanks. Definitely appreciate the suggestions from people who have selected and operated. From: Saku Ytti Sent: Thursday, May 4, 2017 2:43 PM To: c b Cc: nanog@nanog.org Su

Re: Need recommendation on an affordable internet edge router

2017-05-04 Thread c b
: Dragan Jovicic Sent: Thursday, May 4, 2017 3:20 PM To: Saku Ytti Cc: c b; nanog@nanog.org Subject: Re: Need recommendation on an affordable internet edge router Hi, But you probably should review at least: - Juniper MX204, MX480 - Cisco ASR9k - Huawei NE20, NE40 - Alcatel 7750SR Having

Is it normal for your provider to withhold BGP peering info until the night of the cut?

2016-01-21 Thread c b
We have 4 full-peering providers between two data centers. Our accounting people did some shopping and found that there was a competitor who came in substantially lower this year and leadership decided to swap our most expensive circuit to the new carrier. (I don't know what etiquette is, so I

RE: Is it normal for your provider to withhold BGP peering info until the night of the cut?

2016-01-22 Thread c b
Oh, we don't. Typically when we turn up a new circuit, the old is left in place for 2 weeks in case we need to roll back. This is simply a matter of them giving us their peering info ahead of time so that we can prestage the configs. Someone else responded that there are probably two teams invol

Question about co-lo in APAC region

2015-05-06 Thread c b
This is a pre-project discovery question... any help would be greatly appreciated. We have upcoming partnerships (opportunities) in APAC. The original plan was to place the hub in Singapore. Just weeks before everyone was ready to begin the RFP, it turns out that one of our partner businesses ow

RE: Thousands of hosts on a gigabit LAN, maybe not

2015-05-10 Thread c b
If you need that kind of density, I recommend a Clos fabric. Arista, Juniper, Brocade, Big Switch BCF and Cisco all have solutions that would allow you to build a high-density leaf/spine. You can build the Cisco solution with NXOS or ACI, depending which models you choose. The prices on these so

looking for feedback from someone who has worked with SiFY in India

2015-05-22 Thread c b
All, looking for feedback from someone who has worked with SiFY in India as a customer, as a carrier providing services, or just someone who has personal knowledge about them in general. Probably better if we kept this off the board, so please respond directly. Thanks!