On 17/01/2013 11:42, Gavin Henry wrote: > Thanks for all the replies off list (will reply), but one for on list below. > >> We did it the old fashioned way because you can get hold of the kit pretty >> cheap, and like I say DSL is low value for us - didn't want to go crazy with >> it. We'd have to be pushing big volumes to make the capex of a MX5 or >> ASR1001 make sense. > > Can anyone confirm if they are using an MX5-80 for LNS/L2TP in the > role of an ASR1001/1 for this? > > I'm still awaiting confirmation from Juniper, Hardware.com, IMtech and > a few others. Some say it can, > mainly folks on the j-nsp list in the US and others say you need an > MX240 and an MPC. I think they have > a new software set bringing the hardware features of the MX240+ down > to the MX5-80 range and it's rather new. > > If so, and confirmed by Juniper, I think the ASR1001/2 would be the > best choice as I've also asked Juniper about who is using > them in the UK. Would be good if anyone on list could chip in :-)
I remember spotting a caveat somewhere in the documentation on juniper.net that indicated "except MX80" regards LNS functionality but cannot find the link again in my bookmarks :( Rich.
