Juniper PTX 10001-36MR. I have no idea what these cost “on the street” now, but Juniper had great deals Dec 2024 on these.
Or if you are purchasing in 2026, the Juniper MX301. This is probably the best “minimally viable 400G” router, as it pushes a bit farther than the FIB scale of the Arista stuff, but at the cost of relatively low 400G density. Tom > On Dec 14, 2025, at 11:02 PM, Mike Hammett via NANOG <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Is it paradoxical to wonder what low-cost full table (or close to it) 400G > options there are? An earlier thread looks like the Arista 7280QR-C36 is > "almost" there for 100G at a reasonable $3k, but a quick look at 400G-capable > goes up, well, 4x in price, though one does get fully into DFZ capable > devices then. > > It seems like anything with more than low 6 digit route capability goes into > full-scale multi-million capability, which is great technically, but not so > great financially. > > > > ----- > Mike Hammett > Intelligent Computing Solutions > http://www.ics-il.com > > Midwest-IX > http://www.midwest-ix.com > > > _______________________________________________ > NANOG mailing list > https://lists.nanog.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/XZVYJ7UTXPKQAHM7SD5R5XMMQQKYOVNH/ _______________________________________________ NANOG mailing list https://lists.nanog.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/SPSCLJC5O3COMTMKP6N6XF4EWZUVPE75/
