eBay and resellers will gladly sell them after Arista stops selling them. ----- Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com Midwest-IX http://www.midwest-ix.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert Webb" <rwfireguru@gmail.com> To: "North American Network Operators Group" <nanog@lists.nanog.org> Cc: "Mike Hammett" <nanog@ics-il.net> Sent: Monday, December 1, 2025 8:49:47 AM Subject: Re: Arista 7280QR-C36 Viability Considering it has been end of sale since December 2022 and goes end of life on 30 December 2027, I don't think that model would be a good choice right now. Robert.. On Mon, Dec 1, 2025 at 8:57 AM Mike Hammett via NANOG < nanog@lists.nanog.org > wrote: At the risk of the Streisand effect, what am I missing about the Arista 7280QR-C36? It looks like a great router for small ISPs (great price, large packet buffers, good port selection, meaningful hardware routes). That said, it looks to be right on the border of DFZ viability. It supports "over 1M" routes, but I currently have about 1,036,824 in my route table. How much over is "over"? What happens in EOS when it goes over? What's the "next best" box for that role? ----- Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com Midwest-IX http://www.midwest-ix.com _______________________________________________ NANOG mailing list https://lists.nanog.org/archives/list/nanog@lists.nanog.org/message/TAVU4T2A...