Re: [AFMUG] Juniper / Cisco GE Recommendations

[Eric Kuhnke]

a few hundred megabit?  a 7304 with dual AC power supplies, NPE-G100 and a couple of extra gigE interfaces will total you under $300 if you look in the right places. On 2/20/15 6:35 PM, Jason McKemie wrote: This will be an edge router, I'm not looking to do any BGP at the moment, but it wouldn't be a bad thing to have that option for the future.  Ultimately, I'd like for it to be able to move around a gigabit, but a few hundred megabit would probably suffice for now if the price was right.  Features needed are basic routing / simple firewall with possibly the ability of terminating VPN connections. On Fri, Feb 20, 2015 at 12:29 PM, Josh Baird <joshba...@gmail.com> wrote: What kind of feature set are you looking for?  Are you using this for edge routing (eg eBGP) or just switching?  What other features do you need?  How much traffic are you looking to push? On Fri, Feb 20, 2015 at 1:25 PM, Jason McKemie <j.mcke...@veloxinetbroadband.com> wrote: L3. On Fri, Feb 20, 2015 at 12:10 PM, Josh Baird <joshba...@gmail.com> wrote: Do you need L3 or just L2? On Fri, Feb 20, 2015 at 12:09 PM, Jason McKemie <j.mcke...@veloxinetbroadband.com> wrote: I started a thread to this effect a long time ago, but wanted to see if there are any new thoughts.  I'm having some difficulty getting a Mikrotik CCR to link up correctly to a Cisco Nexus switch via SFP.  Therefore, I'm looking to go with Cisco or Juniper on my end, but would probably be looking at something besides the brand new models.  It does need to be able to handle GigE, however.  Any recommendations?  Thanks. -Jason