That makes sense. BGP over a VPLS VC shouldn't be any different than BGP across a Ethernet cable AFAIK.
Have you checked out the Alcatel-Lucent SR series routers? I'm supposed to be talking to one of their sales reps next week. They nare really trying to gain market share and i hear hey have some good deals. On Saturday, September 11, 2010, Matt Jenkins <m...@smarterbroadband.net> wrote: > I am thinking its time to use a switch as a switch and a router as a > router. I am thinking about using this for the MPLS backbone and put in > actual 7200/7300 routers at locations where full BGP needs to be > offered. What I haven't yet worked out is whether two routers can > establish a BGP peering session over a VPLS VC. > > > On 09/11/2010 01:25 PM, Jon Auer wrote: >> Beware of the TCAM size on that box. >> IIRC it hasn't been able to take full internet routes since 2008 >> because of that limitation. >> >> On Saturday, September 11, 2010, Matt Jenkins<m...@smarterbroadband.net> >> wrote: >> >>> 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: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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/
