Sure . that’s absolutely true… The original poster didn’t really give us much to work from … with or without support contracts, with or without legal licensing on the router …
New, grey market etc… lots of choices. I’m not suggesting any of them are wrong - more that different folks have different business needs MX80 in particular is not an overly powerful router especially if you start to load down the features listed - example being full BGP tables that can become a challenge due to memory/CPU > On Dec 31, 2016, at 7:52 AM, Gino Villarini <[email protected]> wrote: > > Juniper mx80 , can be found on eBay for about $10-15k > > Gino A. Villarini > @gvillarini > > > > > > Gino Villarini > > President > Metro Office Park #18 Suite 304 Guaynabo, Puerto Rico 00968 > <aeronet-logo_310cfc3e-6691-4f69-bd49-b37b834b9238.png> > > > On Dec 31, 2016, at 7:34 AM, Paul Stewart <[email protected] > > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > > > Sure - there are lots of options ….. > > > > Juniper MX line is personal favourite and one that we use for all of those > > functions (except CGNAT as we don’t do it currently, but the box can do it > > for sure). > > > > “reasonably priced core router” means a lot of different things though :) > > For some folks this means a budget of $10k and for others it means $1mil > > > > Also, the licensing of features on certain vendors is something to be aware > > of … for example, I just ordered another router for LNS purposes - after > > discounts etc the router itself “only” cost about $50k but then I need line > > cards and several different licenses. Linecards add $250k and licenses > > another $60k or so … now that “router” is coming in at about $360k and > > that’s with pretty significant discounts > > > > > > > >> On Dec 31, 2016, at 12:12 AM, Dev <[email protected] > >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > >> > >> I’m looking for reasonably priced core router that will do Carrier Grade > >> NAT, MPLS, OSPF and BGP. I know Mikrotik will handle dancing unicorns, > >> fairy dust and perpetual motion all for $100, but is there anything like a > >> Juniper, Cisco, etc. that’s a more traditional thing people trust for core > >> routing that has these features? > >
