On Thu, 2004-12-02 at 10:45 +0100, Simon Leinen wrote: > Gunther Stammwitz asks a very reasonable question: > > At the moment we're using Cisco 12000 gear in our network and now > > I'd like to buy another > > But here he makes a big mistake: > > > router > > What about replacing this with the word "box"? :-)
As in "big box with nothing in it" kind of "box"? :) <SNIP> > My second take is: Buy a NetIron rather than a BigIron - probably the > same hardware but it's marketed as a router. Just keep telling > everybody that you have a GSR, so that your colleagues still take you > seriously. If you are desperatly still wanting anything from Foundry then indeed go for a NetIron, this is what AMS-IX uses. But do note, they don't do routing. Also review the tech-l list of the last year to see that these boxes have stabilized a bit, with a lot of effort from Foundry, over the last year. Before that they where not much good ... If you want Routing get a Juniper. Oh and also keep in mind that one day you might want to do IPv6 ;) And guess what Foundry doesn't and Cisco does kind-of and Juniper does quite well... Greets, Jeroen
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