I have been considering this for my own home recently. I was very happily using a Juniper SRX 110 with VDSL/FTTC for a number of years. But now that Virgin Media FTTH is available in my area, I couldn't resist ordering. So I had the problem of deciding what to replace the router with, after discovering that the SRX didn't really cut it with the features I needed (L2TP to AAISP) or speed.
I started looking around for a replacement and in the end bought a PC Engines APU2 in a Rackmount case from LinITX. A bit of googling showed that it should be able to achieve over 900 Mbps for basic routing. https://linitx.com/category/linitx-firewalls/1086/79,1086 It came pre-installed with pfSense, but being an x86 based machine, there are a lot different options available and I haven't decided what to choose yet. Yes, it isn't a 'proper' router - but you get a lot of features and performance for your money with x86 hardware. nick. On 02/08/2017, 09:56, "uknof on behalf of Charlie Boisseau" <[email protected] on behalf of [email protected]> wrote: >In the absence of the SRX110 and SRX220, we¹ve moved to the SRX300. The >standard 200M licensed model is at a price that just about works for us >for customers who are in the market for an Ethernet circuit (Fibre, EFM, >EoFTTC/GEA). Where we need to go up to 1G, the cost for the upgrade >license isn¹t as eye-watering as it originally looked. And the presence >of two SFP ports on the SRX300 saves the cost of PIM cards. > >For ADSL/FTTC based circuits, we¹re just using Draytek 2860 - for their >reliability, not really for the features (we switch off everything except >DHCP for MPLS/L3VPN customers). > >Obviously this leaves ADSL/FTTC capability on the Juniper. These are >rare cases for us, because we don¹t have many customers who are taking >Ethernet-based circuits with ADSL/FTTC backup. But where that does >happen, we use the Draytek 130 ADSL/VDSL modem with PPPoE passthrough >with the SRX300. > > >> On 1 Aug 2017, at 16:56, Dan Kitchen <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Hi All, >> >> I¹m looking to see what others are using as CE/CPE for entry level >>Ethernet services at the moment. >> >> We¹ve been a Juniper house for many years and our stock of legacy SRX¹s >>is running low. Juniper have really dropped the ball and haven¹t come up >>with a credible alternative that isn¹t overpriced. >> >> With the cost of Ethernet being where it is right now we can¹t justify >>putting stupidly priced boxes on the end of circuits to perform basic >>routing functions. >> >> Our requirements are gigabit performance, RJ45, SFP & ADSL/VDSL >>connectivity options, VRF functionality, OSPF/BGP, MPLS a bonus. >> >> What is everyone else using to solve this challenge? I¹d be interested >>to knowŠ >> >> Kind Regards, >> >> Dan >> >> >> Dan Kitchen >> Managing Director >> razorblue | IT Solutions for Business >> >> ddi: 0330 122 7143 | t: 0333 344 6 344 | e: [email protected] | w: >>razorblue.com >> >> >> <117080116564501401.png> >> Legal and address information for all Razorblue Group companies can be >>found >> at www.razorblue.com/contact. >> <117080116564501201.png> >> >
