Not sure why you would pay 10-15k for a used MX80 when you get get a brand
new MX104 (still PPC based RE so not a *super* powerful box either) for the
same price.

On Sat, Dec 31, 2016 at 11:28 AM, Josh Reynolds <[email protected]>
wrote:

> /offtopic
>
> There's been some pretty compelling arguments made for awhile now against
> "needing" huge bgp tables, especially when there's only around 300
> destinations used on a daily basis.
>
> On Dec 31, 2016 8:00 AM, "Paul Stewart" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> 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
>>
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>> > On Dec 31, 2016, at 7:34 AM, Paul Stewart <[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]> 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?
>> >
>>
>>
>>

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