After many days of searching it looks like I found something in the sub $20k range. The ME-C6524GT-8S appears to do it all.
On 09/08/2010 04:16 PM, Jon Auer wrote: > Needing full BGP routes takes you out of the realm of cheap Layer 3 > switches... > You need to worry about TCAM (hardware route memory) in addition to > RAM on Layer 3 switches and apart from decked out Cisco 6500s or > greater you aren't going to find that. > > The Juniper MX80 should work. It is 2U and can have 48 GigE ports. You > should be able to get it for $30-50K. > > Alternatively you could try a multihop BGP setup like Cogent has been > known to do. > Setup one BGP session between the customer and your Layer 3 switch at > the tower. This carriers a route for your border router/route > reflector to the customer and vice versa. > Then setup a BGP session between the customer and your border > router/route reflector. > > Or you could drag MPLS into it but 2 simple BGP sessions seems like > the most straightforward solution to me. > > On Wed, Sep 8, 2010 at 4:31 PM, Matt Jenkins<m...@smarterbroadband.net> > wrote: > >> I am trying to find a Layer 3 switch that has 24 or 48 1000 base-T ports >> with enough RAM to handle Full BGP Internet Routes. Anyone have any >> suggestions? >> >> For those who wonder why.... I am upgrading all of my backhauls to >> support ~300mbps. In addition I need to be able to offer BGP connections >> to customers from this ring of backhauls. >> >> - Matt >> >> >> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> WISPA Wants You! Join today! >> http://signup.wispa.org/ >> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org >> >> Subscribe/Unsubscribe: >> http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless >> >> Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ >> >> > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > http://signup.wispa.org/ > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
