VyOS on SuperMicro and Lanner baremetal works pretty damn good. Been running VyOS on SuperMicro for my BGP routers for about 6 years now. No problems yet. -Mike
On Feb 9, 2026, at 10:03, Mike Hammett via NANOG <nanog@lists.nanog.org> wrote:
It wouldn't surprise me at all to hear you know people that put OpenBGPd onto an Arista. ;-)
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----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom Smyth via NANOG" <nanog@lists.nanog.org> To: "North American Network Operators Group" <nanog@lists.nanog.org> Cc: "Tom Smyth" <tom.smyth@wirelessconnect.eu> Sent: Monday, February 9, 2026 12:00:36 PM Subject: Re: Router Recommendations
Hi Mike, how is it going ? we are using arista and are pretty happy with them and some folks I know are using portable OpenBGPd on them and reported good satisfaction...
On Mon, 9 Feb 2026 at 17:47, Michel Blais via NANOG <nanog@lists.nanog.org> wrote:
We've been using Edgecore and UfiSpace with OcNOS for several years and are pretty happy with those. It's not only the selling price that is affordable but also support licences that are cheap enough to not even mind renewing those.
If you are not already aware of, you can look at the OcNOS features matrix that lets you know which feature is supported by models.
If I may, for a eBGP use case, make sure the device you chose has a TCAM because cheaper models with the most attractive selling price often have a very limited number of routes, which is fine for IGP in a small network, but far to be able to handle eBGP full routing tables. --- Michel Blais Targo Communications
Le lun. 9 févr. 2026, à 12 h 10, Mike Hammett via NANOG < nanog@lists.nanog.org> a écrit :
I'm looking for new BGP routers. I'm currently running Mikrotik, which has served me well so far, but looking at interface speed, count, FIB size, etc. and they just aren't going to cut it.
I'm looking for: • Has at least 6x 100G ports • Has a smattering of 10G/25G ports • Has meaningful packet buffers • Routes in hardware at least 2m routes combined of IPv4 and IPv6, more is better • Has reasonably low power usage, I don't need 1 kw going to a router • Is cost-effective • Used is fine
I like how the MX301 looks, but it's way more than I'd want to spend, primarily because there really isn't a used market for them yet. Arista and Cisco NCS are close, but to check all of the boxes, you're up to about $15k - $20k. To get to $5k or less, you're compromising on at least two of the things I'm looking for. EdgeCore and UfiSpace may have some models that are in the $5k - $8k range, once you purchase OcNOS.
I'd have no problem with the EdgeCore and UfiSpace direction, but I wanted to make sure I wasn't leaving anything out of consideration.
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