Re: [AFMUG] Juniper / Cisco GE Recommendations

[Eric Kuhnke]

If you have the space and power/heat budget for it, a 6503E with dual sup32 and a 16-port WS-X6516 GBIC blade can be built for under $1200-1400, giving you 32 ports of modular gigE... choose AC or DC power. The AC power 2700W power supplies and PEMs (power entry modules) are still somewhat expensive in the resale market. I have put 6503E on plywood backboards in condo MDFs using decent 4U rackmount brackets. On 2/20/15 8:07 PM, Jason McKemie wrote: Maybe my wording was confusing.  The Cisco Nexus switch is at the OTHER end of the link.  The CCR is at my end.  I'm trying (unsuccessfully) to link up to it via dark fiber.  We did some testing and the problem wound up having something to do with the Mikrotik.  Therefore I'm looking for an alternative. -Jason On Fri, Feb 20, 2015 at 2:03 PM, Jeremy <jeremysmi...@gmail.com> wrote: He asked for a replacement for a Cisco Nexus SWITCH.  He didn't ask about a router that I saw.  Maybe I am misunderstanding what he was looking for. On Fri, Feb 20, 2015 at 12:17 PM, Eric Kuhnke <e...@kuhnke-international.com> wrote: a 3560X or a 3750 is not really a router. it's a switch that wishes it were a router. for under $500 you can build a 6506E with dual sup32 that will run circles around it in real world routing performance and can do things like MPLS... or buy a 7606 or 7609 and equip similarly for under $800. On 2/20/15 6:58 PM, Jeremy wrote: 3560X?  With the four-SFP module.   On Fri, Feb 20, 2015 at 11:35 AM, Jason McKemie <j.mcke...@veloxinetbroadband.com> 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